That's exactly what the UK has done [1], and to a lesser extent, Australia as well [2]
However, I don't think trying to grab all and all Hong Kong residents who are privileged enough to emigrate is necessarily the solution to the problem. Hong Kong will still fall to totalitarianism, even more so without the intelligentsia.
However, I don't think trying to grab all and all Hong Kong residents who are privileged enough to emigrate is necessarily the solution to the problem. Hong Kong will still fall to totalitarianism, even more so without the intelligentsia.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-security-britain...
[2] https://www.sbs.com.au/news/hong-kong-citizens-in-australia-...