The third quarter of the number of people who applied to the UK fell 44% in the third

In the third quarter, the number of Hong Kong residents who applied for the application of a British visa through the British overseas national (BNO) passport holder planned to decrease 44%, showing that the demand for BNO's plan to be softened after Hong Kong's anti -repair routine storm.

According to the Bloomberg News Agency reported on Friday (November 25), data released by the British Ministry of the Interior on Thursday (24th) showed that 10,000 BNO passport holders applied for applications from July to September this year.Special long -term residence visa.This is the minimum number of applications received by London in January last year after accepting the application to the British visa through the BNO plan to move to a British visa.

The British government has been applied to 150,000 600 copies of the UK through the BNO plan, which is less than half of the 320,000 applications submitted by the government in the first five years.About 98%of the application has been approved.

After the Chinese government implemented the National Security Law in Hong Kong in June 2020, then British Prime Minister Johnson announced the launch of the BNO plan to allow Hong Kong citizens to move to the UK through the plan.

Johnson described the Hong Kong National Security Law as a "serious violation" state and British joint statement. Beijing accused London for violating the promise of not attracting Hong Kong people to move to the UK and no longer recognizing the BNO passport.

Affected by the control of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the epidemic of crown disease, Hong Kong citizens moved to the United Kingdom through BNO, which caused Hong Kong's largest population in the past 60 years.As of June 30 this year, the total number of citizens in Hong Kong has decreased by 12,500, and the current population of Hong Kong is about 7.29 million.

The decrease in the number of applications for applying for a British visa through the BNO plan coincides with the increasing concern of Hong Kong people to pay more attention to British inflation.Since taking office in July in July, Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao has also continued to relax the immune prevention measures in Hong Kong, making it more convenient for international tourism.