‘Employers seem baffled by this visa’: Hongkongers who have fled to UK

Many recent arrivals have correct documents and want to work, but have met obstacle after obstacle

• UK not doing enough to support those fleeing Hong Kong, advocacy group says

Last year, Boris Johnson responded to the Chinese government's effort to crush the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong by extending the right to live and work in the UK to about 3 million people living in the territory.

Many Hongkongers who have recently arrived in the UK say they want to be self-sufficient and have no desire to burden the British state. Despite that and them having the correct paperwork, they have met with obstacle after obstacle.