What If? 90% of Hong Kong's population were granted refugee-status in the UK?

[Urabrask Revealed]

In light of a recent statement by Boris Johnson, namely that the UK is going to welcome thousands of Hong Kong citizens as refugees, I've decided to run a thought experiment that goes even further. Rather than taking in "just" a few thousand, Boris Johnson goes beyond that and manages to convice the necessary political instruments to take in 90% of Hong Kong's citizens. My questions for this scenario are five:

1. How fast could the UK navy and airforce transport 6,750,000 people, assuming they take only the bare necessarities with them?
2. Would China try to stop the Hong Kong citizens from getting to the UK, and if yes, how?
3. What would the short-term consequences be if the UK pulls the mass-displacement off?
4. What would the long-term consequences be?
5. How would the UK develop with a sudden influx of such citizens?

For the sake of simplicity, let's run this scenario under two assumption, namely that only genuine Hong Kong citizens will leave for the UK, with China-loyalists and spies being left behind in Hong Kong as the remaining 10%; and that the UK is able to absorb the number of Hong Kong citizens without much social unrest.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

I think there will be social unrest, the guys who fetishize Muslims to extreme levels will be very pissed at the Hong Kong-ers who by sheer comparison sre closer culturally to Westerners than them

 

[Jormungandr]

It won't happen.

Not only can we not physically support such a large influx of people (housing, infrastructure, et cetera) since we're being stretched thin already, there's already a massive amount of discontent towards migrants in the UK that's bordering on outright racism. At the moment, this discontent is aimed at Eastern Europeans (thanks, EU), Pakistanis (combination of certain scandals and Islam), and migrants from Africa/the Middle-East, but this would simply add "Asians" to the list.

In addition to this, given the recent WuFlu being caused by China itself and racist attacks against anyone "looking" Chinese? Even if they were born here and raised British?

Yeah. It'd be safer to urinate on one of those electric fences from Jurassic Park.

The Hong-Kong migrants would be seen as third-class citizens at best, be attacked at worst.

 

[Lanmandragon]

It won't happen.

Not only can we not physically support such a large influx of people (housing, infrastructure, et cetera) since we're being stretched thin already, there's already a massive amount of discontent towards migrants in the UK that's bordering on outright racism. At the moment, this discontent is aimed at Eastern Europeans (thanks, EU), Pakistanis (combination of certain scandals and Islam), and migrants from Africa/the Middle-East, but this would simply add "Asians" to the list.

In addition to this, given the recent WuFlu being caused by China itself and racist attacks against anyone "looking" Chinese? Even if they were born here and raised British?

Yeah. It'd be safer to urinate on one of those electric fences from Jurassic Park.

The Hong-Kong migrants would be seen as third-class citizens at best, be attacked at worst.

Then let your boy help you out. We could use all kinds of anti-commies right now.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

Then let your boy help you out. We could use all kinds of anti-commies right now.

Honestly, I think your Far Left will be against Hong Kong-ers coming in, saying how great China is or how there’s no problem in Hong Kong itself

 

[Lanmandragon]

Honestly, I think your Far Left will be against Hong Kong-ers coming in, saying how great China is or how there’s no problem in Hong Kong itself

Ignore through commies and bring them in through Texas.

 

[Marnuplee]

for sure there will lots of abandones buildings in hongkong.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

for sure there will lots of abandones buildings in hongkong.

More space for mainlanders then

 

[Jormungandr]

More space for mainlanders then

Given what the CCP are doing in their Eastern Provinces with minorities, their colonizing Hong-Kong with loyal, mainland drones in this way is something I could see (e.g. replacing the population).

 

[CarlManvers2019]

Given what the CCP are doing in their Eastern Provinces with minorities, their colonizing Hong-Kong with loyal, mainland drones in this way is something I could see (e.g. replacing the population).

Thankfully they wouldn’t have the women for this horrible plan

 

[Jormungandr]

Thankfully they wouldn’t have the women for this horrible plan

Oh, I didn't mean they'd try to use the same disgusting methods as in the East: just another method to achieve the same goal e.g. taking over the area with loyal CCP drones. If most of Hong Kong just empties, they can just move in mainlanders to fill the vacancies: In essence, taking over via numbers.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

Oh, I didn't mean they'd try to use the same disgusting methods as in the East: just another method to achieve the same goal e.g. taking over the area with loyal CCP drones. If most of Hong Kong just empties, they can just move in mainlanders to fill the vacancies: In essence, taking over via numbers.

Unfortunately for them, I doubt they all have the skills and right good paying and producing jobs to keep Hong Kong’s economy afloat

Then again, I’ve heard it said before it’s not uncommon to have a PHD and work a dead end job in the worst factories China has to offer

The people who made Hong Kong what it is are Hong Kong, a city is more than just a landmass or bunch of buildings, its a people

Replace them with a bunch of CCP drones and you’ll probably get something far less prosperous

 

[Harlock]

It would depend I think on how well educated and willing to integrate they were. A lot of them do seem very close to Brits in terms of attitude and outlook, certainly more so than your average Middle Eastern or African 'refugee' who shows up. Plus they are genuinely fleeing oppression instead of bullshitting.

That number is too many, it's 10% of the population which is a hell of a lot to squeeze in on short notice. Even the 3 million they project is going to be very excessive, though it would in one move counter all those left wing immigrants Labour brought in as future voters levelling the field.

If they are close to us culturally and are serious about integrating I'd see them treated more like the Gurkhas who moved over, but it is a rough time to bring in a whole bunch of people who will compete for jobs and housing. That said it is the right thing to do and if they become British citizens it'll be easier for them to move to Oz, Canada, US if they want later.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

It would depend I think on how well educated and willing to integrate they were. A lot of them do seem very close to Brits in terms of attitude and outlook, certainly more so than your average Middle Eastern or African 'refugee' who shows up. Plus they are genuinely fleeing oppression instead of bullshitting.

What about relations between these refugees and those "refugees"?

Honestly, I don't think Hong Kong-ers would be as willing to take shit from them as so many Europeans do

 

[Harlock]

I guess it depends on the individual but I always found genuine refugees hate the fakers more than natives do

 

[Urabrask Revealed]

I just learned that Britain has roughly 67,890,000 citizens in its borders. So if 6,750,000 Hong Kong citizens were to arrive, that would be an addtion of about 10% to their nation. What effects would that have?

 

[Husky_Khan]

Seems a bit hard to swallow. You can't just casually absorb ten percent of your own population without some serious hiccups.

Maybe if it was divided up. 40% Britain and 25% to Aussie/New Zealand and 25% to Canada and 10% to the United States.

 

[Jormungandr]

I just learned that Britain has roughly 67,890,000 citizens in its borders. So if 6,750,000 Hong Kong citizens were to arrive, that would be an addtion of about 10% to their nation. What effects would that have?

A massive uptick in racism and a significant drain on our already stretched national infrastructure and resources.

I'm sorry, but anyone who believes trying to drop such a massive amount of people over here won't piss the natives off to the point where they'll all be treated like shit, regardless of historical or cultural ties, is as naive as a Lefty who doesn't see how toxic their entire political alignment has become.

The UK, as I mentioned before, already has a growing racism problem (ironically, and against Europe's grain, not against Jews outside of the Labour Party and fringe elements) because of all the boneheaded shit done in the last few decades.

This'll just make Asians ("anyone looking Chinese") a target of this growing powder-keg, too. We've already seen elements of it because of WuFlu: Asians are being openly discriminated against or even attacked (even the poor bastards who were raised over here as British but have Chinese parents or grandparents), Chinese businesses like takeaways are suffering massive downturns (outside of the usual quarantine effects, I mean), and vandalism/graffiti is on the rise in Chinese 'towns'/suburbs.

Also, this has likely just given Boris' waning support a massive kick to the nuts. This isn't a popular move at all.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

I guess it depends on the individual but I always found genuine refugees hate the fakers more than natives do

They'll try to do what they do to the local Brits to them....I don't think they'll be as silent in-regards to their kids getting raped and molested and such

 

[Harlock]

That tends to happen to child criminals and delinquents, which is how they got away with it for so long. If they are good citizens with good jobs likely not an issue