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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
May Bulman

Home Office U-turns on decision to exclude young Hong Kongers from BNO scheme

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The Home Office has U-turned on its decision to exclude young Hong Kong nationals from applying to a resettlement route designed to provide sanctuary to people from the city state.

Immigration minister Kevin Foster announced on Thursday that the government is to amend the BNO scheme criteria to allow Hong Kongers who were born on or after 1997 and who have parents with BNO passports to access it independently of their parents.

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