These Canadians say they will never return to Hong Kong, amid dual citizenship debate
- Dual citizens in Canada who fear Hong Kong’s national security law navigate a complicated legal and emotional landscape
- Some have not been to Hong Kong for years, while others fled the city fearing for their life or liberty amid the recent political upheaval
One dreams of Hong Kong street food, but in a nightmare finds himself cornered by authorities in the city’s airport.
A fellow activist mourns a grandmother whose Hong Kong grave she may never visit.
And a teenager wonders shyly whether the friend he left behind might actually have been his boyfriend.
These are the Canadian Hongkongers who say they will never return to the city they once called home, as they navigate the complicated legal and emotional landscape of dual citizenship.
Davin Wong, once a key player in the Hong Kong protest movement as president of Hong Kong University’s student union, is now studying law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He also lobbies the Canadian government about his former home.
“If I set foot in Hong Kong again then they definitely have very good grounds to arrest me,” said Wong, who fled the city in August 2019, less than 24 hours after he was attacked on the street amid a spate of assaults on activists.
