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In 1967, a series of large-scale [[Hong Kong 1967 riots|riots]] erupted in [[Hong Kong]], causing social instability. These events led some of the richer Hong Kong residents to move abroad. Emigration took place to countries in [[Southeast Asia]], [[South Africa]] or [[South American]] countries. This wave did not come to a rest until the mid-1970s. |
In 1967, a series of large-scale [[Hong Kong 1967 riots|riots]] erupted in [[Hong Kong]], causing social instability. These events led some of the richer Hong Kong residents to move abroad. Emigration took place to countries in [[Southeast Asia]], [[South Africa]] or [[South American]] countries. This wave did not come to a rest until the mid-1970s. |
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On 19 December 1984, the [[People's Republic of China]] and the [[United Kingdom]] signed the "[[Sino-British Joint Declaration]]", validated the 1997 [[transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong]] to China. The declaration prompted emigration of the [[Hong Kongers]]. The British government made it clear that Hong Kong citizens would not be granted British citizenship on the grounds that they were residing in a British colony, so instead, numerous residents sought alternate arrangements and migrated to other countries. |
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The [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]] in [[Beijing]] triggered mass migration in the 1990s. [[Canada]], [[Australia]] and the [[United States]] were the primary destinations for migrants at the time. At the height of the mass migration wave, some small states like [[Cape Verde]] advertised their passport in magazines. Some foreign embassies {{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} took bribes for giving out passports, amounting to outright [[political corruption]]. |
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The precise figure of migration is difficult to estimate. Some people had relocated overseas through studying abroad and staying after graduation, while others simply obtained returning residency visa from the destination country, which was issued by some countries with no conditions attached in the late 1980s, and then returned to Hong Kong. Informed estimates range from 250,000 to one million people, with the peak years of outflow between 1988 and 1994 of about 55,000 per year. |
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From 1998, one year after the transfer of sovereignty, some Hong Kong-born emigrants returned to Hong Kong with foreign citizenship as a result of failure to succeed overseas and the positive outlook of Hong Kong's economy after the handover. The phenomenon is called "香港回流潮" (Hong-Kong returning tidal flow). |
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==Emigrant destinations== |
==Emigrant destinations== |
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The Hong Kong Mass Migration Wave was one of the waves of emigration of Hong Kong residents since the Second World War, accelerated by the Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots and extending into the 1980s and 1990s fuelled by Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. By some estimates, the number of emigrants was in tens of thousands in this period.
After 1945
Traditional ways of life in the Indigenous inhabitants villages in New Territories collapsed at the end of WWII. Unable to earn a living in the newly industrialised economy of post-war Hong Kong, many villagers exercised their right of abode in the UK and left for Europe.
1967
In 1967, a series of large-scale riots erupted in Hong Kong, causing social instability. These events led some of the richer Hong Kong residents to move abroad. Emigration took place to countries in Southeast Asia, South Africa or South American countries. This wave did not come to a rest until the mid-1970s.
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Emigrant destinations
Many people from Hong Kong chose to migrate to Vancouver, Canada and an adjacent suburb Richmond. Other favoured cities were Toronto, San Francisco, Sydney, London, Melbourne and Auckland.
