10+ hour, 40+ min ago  (49+ words) Hong Kong aims to add facial recognition to public CCTVs this year: police chief'South China Morning Post Hong Kong's surveillance cameras are expected to incorporate facial recognition technology as early as this year, pending the resolution of legal and technical…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (200+ words) From Monday, UK authorities will take electronic devices from migrants to download data in a bid to gather intelligence on people smugglers Mobile phones and SIM cards will be seized from migrants without needing to arrest them from Monday as…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (195+ words) New UK laws allow officers to seize SIM cards and mobiles to gather intelligence on smuggling operators Mobile phones and SIM cards will be seized from migrants without needing to arrest them from Monday as part of UK efforts to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (151+ words) Asylum Advocacy group Freedom from Torture called the move, aimed at dismantling criminal smuggling gangs, "a dystopian act of brutality" The Home Office, Britain"s interior ministry, said the new powers would support investigations aimed at dismantling criminal gangs suspected…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (260+ words) Britain may also consider extending pathway to Hongkongers born after the city's return to Chinese sovereignty, who may not hold BN (O) passports The UK government has rowed back from setting tougher English language requirements on Hongkongers seeking to settle in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (230+ words) B2-level English requires understanding of complex passages, solid grounding in grammar and broad vocabulary, says teacher Pauline Chow The tighter English requirements for migrants moving to the United Kingdom can be challenging for many Hongkongers applying for a bespoke visa…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (238+ words) UK says it expects "vast majority of BN(O)s" already able to meet revised English requirement, which will be equivalent to British A-level Hongkongers hoping to settle in the United Kingdom under a bespoke visa pathway will face a tougher…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (256+ words) We will always be a country that offers protection to those fleeing peril, just as we did when Ukraine was invaded " and when we repatriated Hongkongers," UK official says Britain has reaffirmed its commitment to the Hongkongers it "repatriated" under…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (159+ words) Those given refugee status will have it for 30 months instead of five years, and must wait 20 years to apply to live in the UK long term. Britain will drastically reduce protections for refugees under plans to overhaul its asylum system,…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (237+ words) Huge and lasting" economic contribution highlighted, but proposal to extend settlement period by five years still subject to consultation The UK Home Office minister has said that the proposal to extend the settlement period for Hongkongers from five to ten…...