LONDON • One of the chief reasons why voters in Britain decided that their country should leave the European Union was the question of immigration; Britons - and particularly those less skilled or wealthy - were apparently fed up with the policy of open borders, which allowed any EU citizen to settle in the United Kingdom.
Yet last week, the British government made a momentous decision which could lead to the biggest single wave of immigration in the country's history: It announced that up to three million people from Hong Kong could, if they wish, come to Britain to work and ultimately settle forever.
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