Should Hong Kong citizens get right to live and work in UK?

Campaigners say Britain has responsibility to residents of former colony

Hong Kong protests
Protesters demonstrate against a now-suspended extradition bill in Hong Kong
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There are calls for the UK government to restore the right of people in Hong Kong to live and work here.

As the political turmoil in the former British colony worsens and fears of intervention by China grow, campaigners say that Britain has a moral responsibility to protect residents who hold the passports it issued at handover.

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