(London/Hong Kong Comprehensive News) According to the statistics of the British Ministry of the Interior, since nearly 300 Hong Kong people went to the UK in 2020, they went to the UK to seek shelter cases, and only 28 officials were officially approved, and the approval rate was less than 10 %.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that during the revision of the Rugao Regulations, many young Hong Kong people left Hong Kong to go to the UK. Some people need to apply for residence in the UK because they cannot pass the British National (overseas) passport (BNO) visa plan.The government applies for political asylum.
The report quotes data from the British Ministry of Political Affairs. Since 2020, there are 299 cases of Hong Kong people who have been seeking asylum in the UK, of which 44 are minors.During the same period, British officials only approved 28 refugees or humanitarian protection identities to Hong Kong people and rejected 43 applications.
It is reported that there are more and more accumulation of asylum cases in the UK waiting for the approval of the Ministry of the Interior, and the approval system is under pressure.As of the end of March this year, the official figures showed that the cases waiting for the initial decision even reached more than 172,000 family members, which was more than 2.5 times the same period of 2021.
