Boris Johnson relaxed immigration rules to allow millions of people in Hong Kong to emigrate to the U.K., in response to China's new security law in Britain's former colony
Mr. Johnson said Wednesday that the Chinese security law “constitutes a clear and serious breach” of an agreement between the two countries that aimed to ensure Hong Kong remained largely autonomous from Beijing up until 2047 after the departure of the last British governor in 1997.
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