And this asylum will overwhelmingly attract people towards the lower end of the skill ladder, because they have less to lose. You'll not get much of the skill you're looking for, because those people are probably working and have a ton of stuff that tie them to HK.
The skilled and wealthy will be the first ones out. They have made and financed detailed plans many years ago, and will head for the US, Canada, Australia, UK.
Oh they did, except they got their permanent residency/citizenship and moved right back. 300000 Canadians lives in HK, and out of those who emigrated, practically none went through by being an asylee
And did America fight Germany because it must bring freedom to oppressed people? Or is it because Japanese bombed Pearl harbor and Hitler gladly declared war on the US right after that?.
I think the dispute is whether the US (as a proxy for western nations) have historically based their actions on humanitarian reasons or realpolitik, and whether they should base their decisions more heavily on one or the other.
