Hongkongers who fled to UK criticise lack of mental health support

Krobus (not her real name) has struggled with anxiety since arriving in Britain and says she does not have enough money to live. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

The UK is not doing enough to provide mental health support to thousands of Hongkongers who have fled China’s increasingly authoritarian grip, according to advocacy groups and those politically displaced.

Following China’s introduction of a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong and swift clampdown on dissent, tens of thousands of residents with British national (overseas) (BNO) passports and their dependants were granted the right to live and work in the UK in 2021.