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

Nathan Law says ‘moral obligation’ to Hongkongers should extend to anyone fleeing from political persecution

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.