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Canada guarantees full consular services for dual national Hongkongers travelling in mainland China

Immigration minister gives assurance in response to concerns that Hongkongers with Canadian passports were required to enter the mainland as Chinese citizens only

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Canadian Immigration Minister John McCallum gives an assurance about protection for dual nationals. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Canada will guarantee Hongkongers with dual Canadian­-Chinese citizenship full consular services when they enter the mainland as Chinese nationals, the country’s immigration minister has told the Sunday Morning Post in an exclusive interview.

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John McCallum gave the ­assurance after China reportedly rejected tourist visas to some Hong Kong-born naturalised Canadians and told them to travel to the mainland as Chinese citizens.

Responding to public alarm, Canada’s foreign ministry pressed Beijing for answers, but according to McCallum there has been no change in policy and dual citizens can still get regular travel visas to China.

To allay further doubts, McCallum said Canada had extended consular services to its dual citizens regardless.

He said his country was “standing up for human rights” in Hong Kong with the move.

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