Hong Kong residents could be offered safe haven in Australia amid security law crackdown, PM Scott Morrison says
ABCAustralia is "actively considering" offering safe haven to Hong Kong residents to come to the country after controversial national security laws imposed by China came into effect, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. Key points: Proposals for accepting Hong Kong residents into Australia will soon go before Cabinet The UK says it will ensure a path to citizenship for eligible Hongkongers New laws aimed as silencing dissent have triggered the latest wave of protests in Hong Kong On Wednesday, hundreds of people were arrested after demonstrators took to the streets to protest the new laws, which were introduced by China to suppress dissenters. Beijing responded angrily when the United Kingdom first raised the prospect of taking refugees from Hong Kong, accusing Britain of harbouring a "colonial mindset" and demanding they stop "interfering in China's internal affairs". "We hope the Australian side take an objective and rational view on the legislation, abide by international law and basic norms of international relations, and stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs."
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