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Bill to allow Hong Kong Chinese to migrate to UK

Title
Bill to allow Hong Kong Chinese to migrate to UK
Genre
Interview
TX Date
4 Apr 1990
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:03:59
Description
Kevin Murphy interviews Conservative rebel MP George Gardiner over the Parliamentary bill to allow 225,000 Hong Kong Chinese the right to settle in the UK after the Chinese handover in 1997. He believes it goes against the Conservative Party immigration policy and he and other rebels will be opposing it.
Contributors
George Gardiner; Kevin Murphy
Keywords
Parliamentary bills; Great Britain; Conservative Party; Immigration; China; Political parties; Migration law; Hong Kong; Migration policy; Colonial countries

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