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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Amy Hawkins

Misleading Home Office advice leaves Hong Kong protester fearing deportation from UK

A gathering in Piccadilly Circus, London, shows support for the Hong Kong anti-government protests, in 2020.
A gathering in Piccadilly Circus, London, shows support for the Hong Kong anti-government protests, in 2020. Photograph: May James/May James | SOPA Images

A Hongkonger who fled to the UK after being targeted by security officials has been left fearing deportation after appearing to be wrongly advised by the Home Office.

Olivia (not her real name) left Hong Kong in July 2022 after someone claiming to be from the new national security department – created two years earlier when the Chinese Communist party (CCP) imposed a draconian security law on the city – approached her in the street and accused her of supporting Hong Kong independence.

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