Table 1 – Why did BNO visa holders move to the UK?
Reasons | Number | Share |
Not safe in Hong Kong | 341 | 16% |
Not safe in Hong Kong / Children’s education | 198 | 9% |
Moving with family | 139 | 7% |
Not safe in Hong Kong / Moving with family | 136 | 6% |
Not safe in Hong Kong / Children’s education / Moving with family | 126 | 6% |
Children’s education | 123 | 6% |
Table 2 – Labour market status of BNOs, by reason for migrating to the UK
Group | Active in the labour market | Not active in the labour market | |||
In work | Unemployed | Full-time student | Retired | Other | |
All | 59% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 14% |
Unsafe only | 65% | 15% | 3% | 10% | 8% |
Unsafe + other | 58% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 16% |
Work | 78% | 9% | 11% | 0% | 2% |
Other (neither work or ‘unsafe’) | 50% | 8% | 16% | 8% | 18% |
Table 3 – BNOs’ housing tenure, by reason for migrating to the UK
Group | Owner occupied | Rented | Other |
Other reasons | 50% | 47% | 3% |
Work | 24% | 74% | 2% |
Hong Kong is unsafe + other reason | 55% | 43% | 1% |
Hong Kong is unsafe only | 48% | 50% | 2% |
All | 49% | 49% | 2% |