Hong Kong BN(O): Beijing blasts Britain as application process begins; families torn between moving together or leaving one parent behind to make money


By Chris LauPhila Siu

HONG KONG (SCMP): Beijing lambasted London as the application window for the new British National (Overseas) visa programme opened on Sunday, calling the move “the logic of a brazen bandit”.

Officials accused Britain of breaching past promises by offering a pathway to eventual citizenship for Hong Kong residents.

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