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This is citizenship which under the 1981 Act was acquired by former citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies connected with former dependencies, does not carry with it a right of abode anywhere.
4. There are now calls for non-ethnic Chinese BDTCS to be granted British citizenship, with its concomitant right of abode in the United Kingdom rather than the status of British Overseas citizen; but under the Sino-British agreement such people will continue to have the right of abode in Hong Kong after 1997 and there is, as set out in paragraph 3 above, provision for them and their children not to be left stateless and without a place to call their home. Non-Chinese BDTCS and their dependents are guaranteed the right of abode in Hong Kong by the agreement and have been guaranteed a form of citizenship by the British Government. These arrangements safeguard the interests of non-Chinese BDTCs and their dependents up to about the middle of the next century after which time it is reasonable to
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The BN(0) Citizenship does not carry with it the right of abode here. Indian Associations and those lobbying for those of Indian extraction say that the latter have no intention of coming to the United Kingdom and intend to remain in Hong Kong, but granting their claim would not only suggest that we had little faith in the undertakings given by the Chinese Government and
would in the security of the arrangements after 1997. It will also inevitably
3/1⁄2 milli lead to claims for similar treatment from the Chinese Hong Kong BDTCS, many-
of whom would undoubtedly like British citizenship.
What they
6. The Indian community say they do not want to come to Britain. want is the right of abode in Hong Kong, but in their desire to remain in Hong Kong they will be dependent on the goodwill of China in that, although Chinese nationality law makes provision for them to apply for citizenship, there is no provision for them to acquire it by entitlement and therefore no guarantee they would get it if they did apply. They want British citizenship because although the agreement with China gives them the right of abode there they will nonetheless be dependent for a place to live after 1997 on the goodwill of a country of which they are not nationals and which has no responsibility for them. But British citizenship, which gives them a right of abode in the
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