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Hong Kong, Gibraltar and Montserrat have changed their
immigration ordinances since the British Nationality
Act 1981 received the Royal Assent. Copies will be placed
in the library when they become available. As not all
Dependent Territories have as yet been able to introduce
immigration ordinances reflecting the nationality act, it
is not possible at present to state categorically that all
British Dependent Territories Citizens will have the uncon-
ditional right of entry in the territory from which they
derive that status. It is expected however that at least
all British Dependent Territories Citizens who hold no
other nationality status should have that right in
the territory from which they derive that citizenship. In
those British Dependent Territories which have not intro-
duced new ordinances persons who held belonger status prior
to 1 January 1983 continue to hold that status. It follows
that it is not possible at present to produce an estimate
of the number of British Dependent Territories Citizens
who have no right of entry to any territory for which the
United Kingdom is internationally responsible. British
Dependent Territories Citiznes may enter the United
Kingdom and other existing Dependent Territories provided
they qualify under the current immigration rules in force
in the United Kingdom and other Dependent Territories.