control. Many of these citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies without rights of entry to either the United Kingdom or a dependency are, of course, well established in their countries of residence even when they do not have dual citizenship.
13.
Finally it should be added that there are believed to be about 250,000 British Subjects without Citizenship, and over 274,000 British Protected Persons (the majority in the Solomon Islands). Nearly all of these people are living
abroad and are subject to immigration control. About
120,000 Irish citizens have made formal claims under section 2 of the 1948 Act to remain British subjects (see paragraph 5 above).
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