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THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (FALKLAND ISLANDS) ACT 1983

This is of course primarily a matter for the Home Secretary.

Lady Vickers' Bill to give all Falkland Islanders British

citizenship received Royal Assent on 28 March. It confers

British citizenship, and with it the right of abode in the

United Kingdom, on some 400 persons who would not otherwise

acquire it, though the Home Secretary announced in April 1982 that no Falkland Islander would have any difficulty over

admission to the United Kingdom whether he had the right to

abode or not.