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FM FCO 08174OZ AUG 79
TO PRIORITY CANBERRA
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 335 OF 13 AUGUST
AND TO WELLINGTON OTTAWA
1 No P23/0 22/8
AMENDMENT TO THE IMMIGRATION RULES.
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1. WE ARE SENDING SEPARATELY ALL THE DRAFT PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE IMMIGRATION RULES SEEKING YOUR VIEWS
WE HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED BY THE BEFORE THEY ARE FINALISED. HOME OFFICE TO SEEK THE VIEWS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO WHICH YOU ARE ACCREDITED ON ONE IN PARTICULAR.
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7. HOME OFFICE MINISTERS ARE CONSIDERING THE ABOLITION OF IMMIGRATION RULE NO.27 HICH ALLOWS A COMMONWEALTH CITIZEN WITH A UK-ON SADPARENT TO COME TO THE UK FOR WORK FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD. THEY HAVE NOTED THE REPLIES TO FCO TELIJO TO CANSECRA 10 28? OF 1 JUNE 1978 WHEN YOU COMMENTED ON POSSIBLE REACTION TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF THIS RULE WHEN THE 'SELECT COMMITTEE ON RACE RELATIONS AND
THE HOME OFFICE HAVE NOW IMMIGRATION RECOMMENDED IT. ASKED FOR THE VIEWS OF THE AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND AND CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS.
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THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST A CHANGE IN THE RULE ARE THOSE GIVEN BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE AND THOSE
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN FCO TELNO 282 TO CANBERRA. ACCEPTED FOR SETTLEMENT UNDER THIS CONCESSION ROSE AGAIN LAST YEAR TO OVER 4,000, AND THIS NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE DEPENDENTS. RETENTION OF THIS RULE WOULD
..E HARDER TO JUSTIFY IF THE NEW NATIONALITY LAW
LIMITS TRANSMISSION OF CITIZENSHIP TO THE FIRST GENERATION BORN IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND IF THE RIGHT OF ABODE IS RESTRICTED ACCORDINGLY.
THESE ARGUMENTS SUGGEST THAT IF THE RULE IS TO GO, SHOULD GO NOW RATHER THAN LATER.
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