International Business Times
Date: 06/03/2020
By: Palash Ghosh @Gooch700
Video: Hong Kong Chief Executive Withdraws Contentious Extradition Bill
KEY POINTS
- Taiwan s6aid that almost 6,000 people from Hong Kong received residence permits last year
- Hong Kong is viewed by Taiwan as a bulwark against China
- Beijing opposes any Taiwan interference in Hong Kong
Taiwan is preparing for a ‘surge of refugees’ from Hong Kong who seek to escape a draconian new security law to be imposed by China.
Lam Wing-kee, a bookstore owner who fled Hong Kong as a political refugee last April, told Nikkei Asian Review that he thinks more people from Hong Kong will try to relocate to Taiwan.
"A surge of refugees is coming," he said.
Reportedly, Taiwan has received a spike in requests from Hong Kongers seeking to move there since China announced its security law.
While the Taiwanese government of President Tsai Ing-wen has condemned China’s crackdown in Hong Kong, it is unclear if Taiwan – a nation of 24 million located about 500 miles across the water from Hong Kong – will be able to accommodate a sudden increase of new arrivals. [FULL STORY]
