From the middle of 2021 to the middle of this year, Hong Kong has had a net migration of 113,000 people this year, a record high since the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty in 1997.

(Reuters)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] It is suspected that China’s rule is becoming more and more high-pressured, setting off a wave of Hong Kong people’s immigration. According to the latest data, from the middle of 2021 to the middle of this year, Hong Kong’s net migration of 113,000 people has reached a record of 1997. A new high since the handover of sovereignty.

According to "Hong Kong 01", "Will you immigrate?" has become a topic of frequent discussion among Hong Kong people after dinner in 2022. The Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Government released the latest Hong Kong net migration figures, that is, the number of Hong Kong residents moving in minus the number of people moving out, starting from 2019 It has turned negative, and the number will further expand from mid-2021 to mid-2022 this year, reaching as high as -113,000, or a net migration of 113,000, a new high since the transfer of Hong Kong's sovereignty from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Last year alone, there were about 147,000 People applied for "good citizen certificate" for immigration purposes, hitting a 22-year high.

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According to the analysis of immigration experts, the wave of immigration in Hong Kong continues to exist, and many countries plan to tighten immigration conditions due to factors such as the epidemic, so many Hong Kong people rush to immigrate before the second half of this year.

The Hong Kong government emphasizes that the figure of 113,000 covers the flow of people entering and leaving Hong Kong for various purposes such as work, study, and immigration, but it also admits that 140,000 labor force has been lost in the past two years; the employment and vacancy statistics report of the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department in September this year also shows that, There are a large number of vacancies in multiple industries, including 4995 vacancies in the retail industry, 3532 vacancies in the air transport industry, 4468 vacancies in financial services (except insurance and pension funds), and 7905 vacancies in the education industry.