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Protected Persons as the area was only a Protectorate. Thom
in the Los Islands were, however, British subjects since the
islands, having been ceded, were part of the British
dominions.
In the negotiation, the French had sought to secure the
right to require that those who did opt for retaining British nationality should withdraw from the territory,
but the proposal was not accepted.
It is of interest that in the cession of part of N.Nigeria
Protectorate which formed part of the same negotiation
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(though this was regarded as a frontier modification),
HMG at one stage informed the French that it could not meet
their demands in this area since they included "districts
which had been for some years under British administration
and the inhabitants of them have been assured that they are
to remain British subjects". The point however was not
pressed and in the area ultimately ceded no provision
was made as to the inhabitants' right to retain British
nationality.
Jubaland, 1924
To understand the nationality provisions of the Anglo-Italian
Treaty of July 1924 it must be noted that in 1920 the interior of the
E.Africa Protectorate (Kenya), of which most of Jubaland formed part,
had been formally annexed by the Crown as a Colony, thus converting
its native inhabitants from British Protected Persons into British
subjects.
Article 6 of the Treaty provided that:-
(a) British subjects ordinarily resident in the ceded area,
other than those who had become British subjects only by reason of
the annexation of Kenya Colony, might retain their British nationality unless they opted for Italian nationality within 6 months of the
Treaty's coming into force, and they should not be required to,
withdraw from the territory or part with their property there.
they did not opt for Italian nationality, they should also remain
free to withdraw from the ceded territory within 12 months of the
Treaty's coming into force.
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