WH: Biden Signs Memorandum Giving Temporary Safe Haven to Hong Kong Residents

By Staff, Agencies

US President Joe Biden has signed a memorandum that provides a temporary safe haven to the residents of Hong Kong, the White House spokesperson Jen Psaki announced on Thursday.

"Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed a memorandum directing the deferral of removal of certain Hong Kong residents who are present in the United States, giving them a temporary safe haven," the statement said.

The move demonstrates Biden’s "strong support for people in Hong Kong in the face of ongoing repression by the People’s Republic of China [PRC], and makes clear we will not stand idly by as the PRC breaks its promises to Hong Kong and to the international community," it added.

Earlier, Beijing imposed Hong Kong-related sanctions on former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, US-China Economic Security Review Commission Chair Carolyn Bartholomew; former staff director of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, Jonathan Stivers; Human Rights Watch’s China Director Sophie Richardson; DoYun Kim at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; and senior program manager of the International Republican Institute and the Hong Kong Democratic Council, Adam Joseph King.