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BN(0) and BOC statuses do not carry with them the right of abode anywhere and therefore, do not avoid the problems of statelessness.
The Chinese do not recognise BN(0) as a status but merely as a travel document facility.
A BN(0) passport alone may not be enough to secure the holder entry to other countries.
BDTCp gave the people of HK a transmissable status and the right to live in a country for which Britain was responsible.
The British Government cannot guarantee that the Chinese will honour their commitment to give the right of abode in HK to those who have the right of abode only in HK.
An undertaking to admit BOCs and BN (0)s to the UK if they were expelled from HK would cause premature emigration by those who could afford to leave the country and anxiety in those who could not.
There are many different nationality statuses in HK. Most non-Chinese BDTCs already have another nationality. We have a moral responsibility towards the minorities who only have BDTCp and who, after 1997, will be effectively stateless.
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British nationals whose only home is in HK eg., those Chinese immigrants who wish to naturalise as BDTCs.
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Many HK Chinese wish to acquire Chinese travel document facilities and the Joint Liaison Grugp should explore ways of making these available to them.
27 Britain should begin to resettle the Vietnamese refugees in camps in HK well
before 1997.
Recommendations
1 An extension of S4(5) BNA81
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The granting of full BCp with right of abode to the non-Chinese British nationals inHK who will be effectively stateless.
An improvement in the naturalisation procedure inHK.
Chinesetravel document facilities for those HK Chinese who are eligible and who wish to use them.
The resettlement of the Vietnamese in refugee camps who have no legal status in HK.
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