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AND ALL WIVES OF SUCH CITIZENS MAY BECOME PATRIAL CITIZENS THEMSELVES BY REGISTRATION.
RACE DISCRIMINATION
THE NEW RULES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE ON GROUNDS OF RACE. ALL
WOMEN BORN HERE WILL BE IN THE SAME POSITION WHATEVER THEIR RACE, COLOUR OR CREED. IF THE EFFECT OF THE RULES SEEMS LIKELY TO BE MORE MARKED ON SOME NATIONALITIES THAN OTHERS, THIS IS BECAUSE
MEN FROM THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE TAKEN GREATER ADVANTAGE OF THE SCOPE FOR LARGE SCALE IMMIGRATION THROUGH MARRIAGE.
ARRANGED MARRIAGES
IT IS NO PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO DISCOURAGE THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OBLIGED TO PERMIT PRIMARY IMMIGRATION THROUGH MARRIAGES ARRANGED FOR THIS PURPOSE (AND THIS RESULTS IN A REVERSAL OF THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE IN COUNTRIES WHERE ARRANGED MARRIAGES ARE THE CUSTOM, WHEREBY THE WIFE JOINS HER HUSBAND IN HIS HOME).
THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN ALL TOO MANY CASES OF GIRLS IN THIS COUNTRY BEING FORCED BY THEIR FAMILIES
TO MARRY A MAN THEY DO NOT WANT TO MARRY BECAUSE THE FAMILIES SEE ADVANTAGE IN ENABLING THAT MAN TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY. WELL OVER A HUNDRED LETTERS A YEAR ARE RECEIVED BY ENTRY CLEARANCE OFFICERS IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
FROM GIRLS ASK ING
THAT THEIR FIANCE BE REFUSED ENTRY BECAUSE THE MARRIAGE IS BEING FORCED ON THEM.
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY NATIONALS
A WOMAN WHO IS AN EEC NATIONAL WHO COMES HERE TO WORK MAY
BRING HER HUSBAND WITH HER. SHE WILL THUS BE BETTER PLACED THAN
WOMEN CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES
WHOSE HUSBANDS ARE EXCLUDED UNDER THE NEW RULES. THIS IS INEVITABLE UNDER OUR OBLIGATIONS AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER. THERE IS IN FACT NO EVIDENCE THAT MANY WILL SEEK TO DO SO.
DEPENDANTS
THE GOVERNMENT REMAINS COMMITTED TO ALLOWING MEN SETTLED HERE TO BE JOINED BY THEIR WIVES AND DEPENDANT CHILDREN. THE UNITED KINGDOM'S RECORD HAS BEEN EXTREMELY GENEROUS IN THIS RESPECT. THIS GNEROSITY CANNOT BE EXTENDED INDEFINITELY TO OTHER RELATIVES. THE
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