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14 BOCS: YOUR TELELETTER IMM/CR 2926 OF 21 NOVEMBER
15 1. We would define British Overseas Citizens as that
16 category of British national created by the BNA 1981 who were
17 formerly CUKCS but did not become British citizens through
18 close connections with the UK or BDTCs through close connections
with an existing dependent territory. BOCs do not have right 20 of abode in the UK although any admitted to the UK for
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settlement will have right of readmission to the UK which will
be stated in their passports. BOC is not automatically 23 transmissable.
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No accurate figures are available but we estimate that BOCS are distributed as follows: kenya 17,000: Tanzania 9,000: 26 Zambia 5,000: Malawi 4,600: Zimbabwe 1,000: India 39,000: 27 Pakistan 1,700 and about 10,000 in the rest of the world.
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In addition there is a large number of persons who can claim
BOC status because they remained CUKCs follwing Malaysian
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