TNAG-0979-FCO40-1198-Implications-for-Hong-Kong-of-changes-in-British-nationality-1980 — Page 160

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Your telno 95 of 15 January.

2. We shall ask FCO Ministers to convey your views to the

Home Secretary emphasising the reality of the problem you

face. As you will realise, however, there are no prospects

of success for retaining the title CUKC.

3. The unitary form of citizenship, and so the title that

goes with it, though appropriate when the Act came into force

became inappropriate when the UK could no longer accept the

obligation to admit for settlement in the UK all possessors

of that title. The consequential immigration legislation

which effectively divided citizens into separate categories

is in conflict with human rights conventions and anti-

discrimination laws. For example, the 4th Protocol to the

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