失望的香港人敦促英国给其出路
A protester sits in front of a banner outside the British consulate in Hong Kong on January 20, 2015 (AFP Photo/Philippe Lopez)
2015年1月20日，英国驻港总领事馆外，一位抗议者坐在横幅下。（法新社图片/ Philippe Lopez）
With Hong Kong increasingly polarised on political reforms and fears growing over the influence of Beijing, frustrated residents are pressing former colonial power Britain to offer them an escape route.
随着香港政治改革逐渐两极化和对中央影响力日益增长的担忧，沮丧的香港居民敦促前殖民国家——英国给他们一条出路。
Their push for a new status that would allow them right of abode in Britain reflects their anger over what they see as a lack of support from the UK in their time of need
新身份的争取一旦成功，他们就将取得在英居留权。但这也反映出他们对英国在必要时并未给予足够支持的愤怒。
It follows more than two months of pro-democracy protests, which failed to win concessions from the government on the way the city’s next leader is elected, and ties in with concerns that civil liberties are being chipped away.
（争取新身份的）行动发生时，香港的民主抗议活动已持续了两个多月，但未获得政府在特首选举问题上的让步，也让人开始担心公民自由正被逐步剥夺。
Before Britain gave the city back to China in 1997 it offered Hong Kongers a special "British National Overseas" (BNO) status to calm those worried about their future under Beijing’s rule.
97年香港回归之前，为纾解民众对于重回中国治下的担忧，英国曾给予香港人一个特殊身份——“英国海外居民（BNO）”。
Holders can enter the UK without a visa and get consular assistance abroad, but have no right to live in Britain.
持英国国民(海外)护照可免签入境英国，在英国国外可享用英国的领事协助，但不具备在英居留权。
Around 400,000 Hong Kong residents hold the BNO passport and some are now calling on Britain to allow them residency as they seek to escape rising tensions.
约40万香港居民持有英国国民(海外)护照。为避开香港社会愈发紧张的形势，他们中的部分人正呼吁英国给予他们在英居留权。
"It is an extra option for Hong Kong people -- it’s a right they deserve," says Sampson Noble, a 30-year-old Hong Kong Chinese resident who runs the BritishHongKong campaign group.
中国香港居民Sampson Noble说：“这是摆在香港人面前的一个额外选项，这是他们应得的权利。”现年30岁的他是港英活动组织的负责人。
"I was born British," he added. "It should not relate to my ethnicity."
他还说：“我一生下来就是英国人。这和我的种族无关。”
Pro-democracy protesters’ banners pictured outside the British consulate in Hong Kong on January 20, 2015 (AFP Photo/Philippe Lopez)
2015年1月20日，民主抗议活动人士挂在英国驻港总领事馆外的横幅。（法新社图片/ Philippe Lopez）
The group’s forum has 3,000 members and has sent letters to British lawmakers, as well as a statement to a UK parliamentary inquiry into Hong Kong’s post-handover relationship with Britain.
该组织论坛现有3000名成员。除了致信英国立法委员外，它还向英国议会发出声明，质询回归后的港英关系.
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