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NATIONALITY REVIEW

INTERNATIONAL LAW ASPECTS

OPINION OF THE LAW OFFICERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

We have been asked to advise on the following

questions...

(1) In the event of the creation of a Citizenship of the United Kingdom under a revised British Nationality Act, would other persons having another status under that Act by virtue of a connexion with an existing or former dependency be regarded for international purposes as nationals of the United Kingdom?

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(2) Would the United Kingdom have a duty under international law to accept such persons i.e. persons having a status other than Citizenship exclusively of the United Kingdom by virtue of a connexion with an existing or former British dependency into the metropolitan territory of the United Kingdom in the event that they cannot remain in or return to the territory by virtue of which they have a status under the revised British Nationality Act and have nowhere else to go?

2. Our instructions include memoranda and opinions

prepared by the Foreign and Commonwealth Legal Advisers

and by Professor Clive Parry.

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In our opinion, which follows,

(a) UK belongers' means those who would have

a nationality status by virtue of a connexion with the metropolitan territory of the UK;

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