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A Summary of the representations received is attached
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They have been brought to the attention of the Home Office
from time to time, but Home Office officials have con-
tinued to work within the guidelines laid down in the
Green Paper.
Since 1971, British passport holders resident in
the Dependent Territories have had no automatic right
of entry to the UK. The Dependent Territories accept
that there is no realistic prospect of restoring the
pre-1971 position. Rights of access are therefore not at
issue: The proposed change is purely one of nomenclature.
The difficulties outlined in paragraph
however be greatly eased (without any consequences for
immigration control in the UK) if the existing CUKC's
above would
were divided into three categories instead of two:-
(i) British Citizens (those with the right of abode
in the UK) ;
(ii) Citizens of the UK and Colonies (those with the
right of abode in a Dependent Territory);
(iii) British Overseas Citizens (the remainder).
The retention of the title "Citizens of the UK and
Colonies" for those in the second category would be
particularly helpful in Hong Kong, where a change of
nomenclature would be interpreted as aimed at Hong Kong
(because the great majority of British passport holders
overseas live there) and intended to distance the UK from
its commitments to Hong Kong.
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