e-Petition to Prime Minister for the right of abode of BNOs

[BN(O)]

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ROAforBNO/

For BN(O) passport holders, please do sign the petition for our future. Thanks a lot.


Hong Kong is one of the few former British colonies that is a developed country. The GDP (PPP) per capita of HK ranked 8th in 2005. We have already performed as well as the UK socio-economically. Before the handover of Hong Kong, a significant number of residents obtained overseas citizenships (including UK) but most of them stayed in Hong Kong later. Even the UK grants full citizenship to all her nationals in Hong Kong, I don’t think a sudden wave of migration is probable. Chinese people in Macau are already have full Portuguese passport, why not us?

In fact, we cannot forget what Britain has done in Hong Kong. If Hong Kong was not under British colonial rule, it could not become such an amazing international financial centre. Some people worried that granting citizenships to BNOs will would adversely affect the Sino-UK relationship, but I think this act will bring the two countries closer instead.

The British Government has already offered most British passport holders full citizenship so I think that BN(O)s should also be treated equally. And this right is also stated clearly in the European Convention of Human Rights.

[Eric]

Done...I would suggest everybody hand-in-hand to complain to European Parliament about the UK Government to violate the human right for the British National (Overseas), BOC and BPP holders.

[JAJ]

Done...I would suggest everybody hand-in-hand to complain to European Parliament about the UK Government to violate the human right for the British National (Overseas), BOC and BPP holders.

In what respect have "human rights" been violated?

All these people have a nationality of another country and have no more moral right to come and live in the United Kingdom than those from any other ex-colony.

[Eric]

Hong Kongers were forced to change their nationality. There was no any choice to Hong Kongers. It is unfair to BDTC holder (before 1997) in Hong Kong

[JAJ]

Hong Kongers were forced to change their nationality. There was no any choice to Hong Kongers. It is unfair to BDTC holder (before 1997) in Hong Kong

People in other ex-colonies becoming independent didn't get much of a choice either.

[Christophe]

Hong Kongers were forced to change their nationality. There was no any choice to Hong Kongers. It is unfair to BDTC holder (before 1997) in Hong Kong

People in other ex-colonies becoming independent didn't get much of a choice either.

At an individual level that's true, but I suppose you could argue that most colonies made their own decision (by whatever mechanism) to become independent, whereas of course Hong Kong made no such decision because of the circumstances in which it was handed over to China.