Hong Kongers troubled by unrest look for new homes abroad


  • World
  • Friday, 13 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Graffiti is seen at a pedestrian crossing near the police station at Mong Kok district in Hong Kong, China, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

HONG KONG/MELBOURNE/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - As protests in Hong Kong stretch from summer into autumn with little sign of resolution, a surge in migration applications suggests more locals are making plans to leave the special administrative region.

Their sentiments, reflected in passport paperwork and in interviews with residents, migration agents and real estate brokers across the globe, show the potential for human and capital flight out of Hong Kong.

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