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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

UK immigration plans may betray Hong Kong refugees, says exiled politician

Nathan Law photographed in a park, wearing a green jumper
The former Hong Kong student leader Nathan Law moved to London in 2020. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

An exiled leader of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong has said the UK government risks reneging on a commitment to people from its former colony in its shake-up of legal immigration routes.

Nathan Law, a former Hong Kong politician who arrived in the UK in 2020 and has a bounty on his head, said that the government should reflect on its moral obligations when enacting its increase of the standard qualifying period for permanent residence to a decade.

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