What is the use of not recognizing British overseas passports?

Effective January 31, China will no longer recognize the so-called BNO passport as a travel document and identity document, and reserves the right to take further measures.

This is actually big news. Many people have felt its weight, but they don’t know what its specific significance is. The author talks about it.

The full name of BNO is British National (Overseas) Passport, which is the British National (Overseas) Passport. To put it simply, a passport issued by the UK to non-British citizens enjoys some of the rights of British citizens, such as being able to receive British consular protection in some countries and regions except mainland China and Hong Kong.

According to the 1984 agreement between China and the UK, it can only be used as a travel document and not as a nationality document. However, the UK has unilaterally changed this status quo, allowing Hong Kong people holding BNO to use this Naturalize in the UK and continue to relax the requirements for obtaining BNO.

Therefore, it is very necessary for China to fight back.

What is the significance of China’s abolition of BNO passport this time?

To understand its meaning, we must first understand the purpose of Britain's manipulation of BNO.

In the author's opinion, Britain has two main purposes.

The first is to continue to interfere in Hong Kong affairs.

On the one hand, it is to pick up people's hearts. There are still many Hong Kong people holding BNO passports who consider themselves "British". Once the UK relaxes the conditions for naturalization through BNO, it will strengthen these people's identification with the UK.

You can even get applause from some losers. In the past, if you wanted to immigrate to the UK, you had to spend a lot of money to go through an immigration company. Now that you have the BNO route, it is like pie in the sky.

On the other hand, it is to leave a retreat for the forces disrupting Hong Kong and stabilize the hearts and minds of the Hong Kong opposition. If we continue to believe that BNO is valid and can even be naturalized in the UK through BNO, then some forces who are disrupting Hong Kong will have a way out. If something goes wrong, they will immigrate or run away at worst.

Secondly, the UK is trying to pressure China to abandon the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law"

When analyzing the UK's relaxation of BNO, many experts believe that the UK wants to use immigration to make up for the consequences of Brexit. This brings about a labor shortage; at the same time, it also wants to make money, because according to analysis, if China does not counterattack, the UK will earn nearly 3 billion pounds through Hong Kong immigration in the next five years.

The author believes that these analyzes are incorrect.

The British economy is already in a slump, job opportunities are declining, and there is no shortage of labor. If it is really short of labor, it can directly relax the restrictions on Middle Eastern refugees and have a large number of hardcover laborers. Why would it need to hire a few laborers from Hong Kong? Why does Britain want to leave the EU? One of the reasons is that it cannot stand the refugee quota sent to the UK by the EU.

As for making money, I believe the UK is not short of the three to two billion.

One possible reason is that the UK wants to create a situation where large-scale immigration will occur in Hong Kong, in an attempt to force China to abandon the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law."

But this is destined to be just a delusion.

After understanding the above purpose, it is easy to understand the importance of China’s abolition of BNO passports. Specifically, the author believes that there are three points:

First, the return of people’s hearts

If you continue to identify with BNO, or even allow British citizenship to be obtained through BNO, it will result in de facto dual nationality. This will not only impact China’s legal bottom line of “not recognizing dual nationality”, but will also make many people strengthen their understanding of British identity.

With the abolition of BNO this time, those people can only choose between "Chinese" and "British second-class citizens".

At the same time, there is another problem, that is, if China does not counterattack, a situation is likely to arise in the future: Chinese land and British people.

According to British estimates, 5.4 million Hong Kong residents will be eligible to apply to immigrate to the UK through BNO visas in the future. Hong Kong’s total population in 2019 was only 7.52 million. If the British attempt succeeds, it will be equivalent to China only taking back the land, but the personnel will still be British.

After China counterattacks, the above hidden dangers can be eliminated. If someone obtains British citizenship through BNO, it means that he has automatically given up his rights as a permanent resident of Hong Kong and is no different from a "foreigner". In addition to rights such as medical care and education, he will no longer enjoy other rights of local residents of Hong Kong. .

The second is to cut off the retreat of the forces that are disrupting Hong Kong

As mentioned above, if BNO is not abolished and even British citizenship can be obtained through BNO, then the forces that are disrupting Hong Kong will feel that they are There is a way out. If something goes wrong, you will have to immigrate or run away, so you will be safe when trouble occurs.

But if BNO is no longer recognized, this retreat will disappear.

Of course, people who hold BNO can still get out, but this is a road of no return and a one-way street.

For example, when leaving Hong Kong, you can use a Hong Kong SAR passport, and when entering the UK, you can use a BNO. However, when you return to Hong Kong, since there is no foreign entry and exit record in the SAR passport, the record on the BNO has become invalid. They are likely to They will be treated as illegal immigrants, that is, stowaways.

It is also very important to cut off the retreat route of the forces that are disrupting Hong Kong.

The third is to further cut off Britain’s interference in Hong Kong

There is no doubt that China’s action this time is another important counterattack against Britain’s interference in Hong Kong affairs, and will also cut off Britain’s interference in Hong Kong affairs. This is an important way to interfere in Hong Kong through BNO.

Manipulating BNO is a means for the UK to interfere in Hong Kong affairs. It does not really want a large number of Hong Kong people to enter the UK. According to British requirements, after entering the UK through BNO, you are prohibited from working and applying for relief benefits in the first 6 months; some people estimate that you need to prepare an expense of HK$5 million in the first 6 years; you will also have to pay a large amount of medical surcharges;

To put it simply, Britain only wants rich people, not diaosi.

In other words, as long as you are rich, any country welcomes you, so why do you have to go through BNO?

According to the author’s understanding, unless they are rich, some middle-class people do not live well after immigrating to the UK. There are even cases where some people “wash their faces in tears”. In addition to regrets, they will always live as second-class citizens. It's impossible to live an easy life; let alone losers who don't have money, the conditions offered by the UK directly cut off these people's way to the UK.