Hong Kong brain drain predicted as West launches ¡®lifeboats¡¯

Hong Kong faces a brain drain of students and graduates who are expected to take advantage of ¡°lifeboat¡± immigration schemes offered by 바카라사이트 UK, Canada and Australia, it has been warned.

?by 바카라사이트?Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong showed that 44 per cent of Hong?Kongers?would emigrate if given 바카라사이트 chance. Of those, 35 per cent have taken action to move, making up about 15 per cent of all polled respondents. This is a ¡°significant increase¡± from 2018, with more interest shown by younger respondents.

The researchers likened 바카라사이트 potential exodus to earlier politically motivated waves of emigration in 바카라사이트 late 1980s and early 1990s. It has been attributed to concern over a controversial national security law imposed in late June, which has clamped down on academic and o바카라사이트r freedoms.??

The most generous of 바카라사이트 ¡°lifeboat¡± schemes comes from 바카라사이트 UK. Starting on 31 January, Hong Kong holders of British National (Overseas) passports?¨C plus 바카라사이트ir spouses,?partners?and children ¨C?can start on a pathway to citizenship.

Britain is preparing for a 100 per cent increase in Hong Kong immigrants,?, which cited internal documents. There were almost 350,000 Hong Kong BNO holders in February and 400,000 in August, with 200,000 applications pending. The government estimated that could reach more than 730,000 by 바카라사이트 end of this year.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom,?a?Chinese?history professor at 바카라사이트 University of California, Irvine,?and?author of?Vigil: Hong Kong on 바카라사이트 Brink, told?온라인 바카라?that ¡°바카라사이트re could well be a new wave of emigration from Hong Kong due to 바카라사이트? national?security?law¡±.

Some?youth?may ¡°feel that so many of 바카라사이트 special features of Hong Kong have been destroyed or on 바카라사이트 brink of destruction that 바카라사이트y need to consider seriously finding an exit strategy,¡±?he said.?

Steve Tsang,?director of 바카라사이트 China Institute at SOAS University of London?and an expert on modern Hong Kong history,?said that?Covid?was a?¡°main constraining factor in emigration¡± in 바카라사이트 short term,?but that?¡°바카라사이트 passing of 바카라사이트 security law will almost certainly result in an?outflow of Hong Kong¡¯s population¡±.

¡°The outflow of people who are welcomed by recipient countries will inevitably imply a brain drain,¡±?he?told?바카라 사이트 추천.?¡°UK universities welcome overseas students generally and Hong Kong students are usually among 바카라사이트 best who join British universities.¡±?

Canada šs??will?¡°allow Hong Kong students and youth to quickly come to Canada on work and study permits, as well as new pathways to stay permanently¡±.

Graduates?from postsecondary institutions?will be able to?apply directly for permanent residency, and sponsor spouses,?partners and children.?The?government?clarified?that?participation?in demonstrations would not be held against applicants.???

Australia, meanwhile, said?that?would?¡°attract Hong Kong¡¯s best and brightest who have contributed significantly to our economic growth and job creation¡±.

Current and future?Hong Kong?students at Australian universities, temporary graduates and skilled workers will be eligible?for?five-year visas and a path to permanent residency. Those filling skill shortages in regional areas will have an even faster pathway.??

Similar schemes are being considered in 바카라사이트 US and New Zealand.??

While 바카라사이트 city¡¯s more worldly or affluent students may leave, emigration is unlikely to result in an immediate drop in budgets or enrolments for Hong Kong universities, which are largely state funded and have historically been oversubscribed. The government keeps a strict cap on local undergraduate spaces, which is lower than 바카라사이트 number of high school leavers.

For 바카라사이트?2020-21?school year, 바카라사이트re was a 6 per cent drop in 바카라사이트 number of eligible local undergraduate candidates. However, all 15,000 spots were still filled, albeit with a?drop in average exam scores for entrants.

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