Australia wants to welcome those fleeing Hong Kong 

The World

As China cracks down on political freedoms in Hong Kong, some residents of the Chinese territory are thinking seriously about getting out. Australia says people from Hong Kong are welcome to come to live there. But there’s also a catch, as The World’s Patrick Winn reports.

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