Activists fear HK immigration bill will allow arbitrary travel bans
An immigration bill on Hong Kong's legislative agenda for Wednesday would give authorities virtually unlimited powers to prevent residents and others from entering or leaving the former British colony, lawyers, diplomats and rights groups say.
The government says the bill merely aims to screen undocumented migrants at source amid a backlog of asylum applications and does not affect movement rights...
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