Biden to offer temporary 'safe haven' to Hong Kong residents in US

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Biden to offer temporary 'safe haven' to Hong Kong residents in US
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WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Aug 5) plans to offer a temporary \u0022safe haven\u0022 to thousands of Hong Kong residents, a senior administration official told Reuters, allowing them to extend their stay in the country in response to Beijing\u0027s crackdown on dissent in the Chinese territory. Presid

WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday plans to offer a temporary"safe haven" to thousands of Hong Kong residents, a senior administration official told Reuters, allowing them to extend their stay in the country in response to Beijing's crackdown on dissent in the Chinese territory.

The vast majority of Hong Kong residents in the United States are expected to be eligible, but there will be some legal conditions, the person said, calling it a"temporary safe haven". "We will continue to take steps to support the people of Hong Kong given this ongoing repression," the official said.The measure is the latest in a series of actions Biden has taken to address what his White House says is the erosion of rule of law in the former British colony, which returned to Beijing's control in 1997.

Critics say that the law facilitates a crackdown on opposition activists and a free press in the territory, which Beijing had agreed to allow to operate under considerable political autonomy for 50 years after it regained control.

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