Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK fearing China crackdown

Thousands of protesters carrying the British flag march near the Hong Kong harbour in July 2019. Picture: Kin Cheung/AP

The number of people from Hong Kong making the decision to leave their hometown and move to Britain since Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the Chinese territory last summer is expected to swell to hundreds of thousands.

Thousands have already made the decision, some because they fear punishment for supporting the pro-democracy protests that swept the former British colony in 2019.