7.
Conferring British citizenship rather than BN (0) or BOC citizenship on the Hong Kong Indian Community would not benefit future generations any more than the present proposals. If it were granted it could be
In certain circumstances transmitted to only one generation born abroad.
the grandchild born abroad of a British Citizen who was himself born abroad has an entitlement to registration as a British Citizen, but third and subsequent generations born abroad generally have no claim to British
citizenship.
But
8. It has also been suggested that as an alternative to giving the non-ethnic Chinese the right of abode in the United Kingdom they should be allowed to keep their BDTC status and settle in another dependent territory. right of abode in a dependent territory is governed by that dependent territory's own relevant laws or regulations, which are designed to identify those people
who "belong" to that territory.
It would not be appropriate to seek to give
Hong Kong belongers the right of abode in another dependent territory with which they were not connected.