Canada beginning to accept Hong Kong pro-democracy activists as refugees
Canada has begun accepting Hong Kong pro-democracy activists as refugees. Since the anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong last year and the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law this year, many social activists, demonstrators and people arrested in the protests in Hong Kong have successively sought political asylum in foreign countries. A Hong Kong couple who participated in the anti-extradition bill demonstrations in Hong Kong fled Hong Kong to Canada last December and filed applications for asylum after landing in Canada. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada granted the couple “convention refugee” status in September of this year.
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