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[24 Jul 2009 | Comments Off | ]
(New) Explanation Notes and Guide on the provision made in the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill

BritishHongKong has produced an “Explanation Notes and Guide on the provision made in the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill.”

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[21 Feb 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Human Rights and Racial Discrimination in the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill
I am deeply concerned about the racial discrimination and current lack of human rights in the UK’s nationality laws. I sincerely hope that you will consider the following points in the upcoming Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill and to take the necessary actions to uphold justice for British nationals who have been deprived of the unconditioned right to enter the UK and access to full British citizenship.
1) Violation of the rights of British nationals
The right to enter one’s country …

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[26 Jan 2009 | Comments Off | ]
Latest letter to the Houses of Parliament: Lack of basic human rights in the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill

The Core Group has sent letters to the two Houses of Parliament about the latest bill on citizenship.

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[12 Aug 2008 | Comments Off | ]
BritishHongKong and the UK Bill of Right

 BritishHongKong
Scotland, UK, 12 August, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
 
British National (Overseas), mainly the British Nationals from the former British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong are giving another sign of getting full British Citizenship in the future. This time, the UK government is consulting with The Joint Committee on Human Rights to adopt Bill of Rights for the UK.
This possible Bill of Rights is meant to replace the entire Human Right Act, to fit the United Kingdom into the European Community (EC) in the model of 21st century.
“We are extremely pleased to hear …

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[13 May 2008 | Comments Off | ]
Official Response to Lord Goldsmith’s Report on Citizenship

Official Response to Lord Goldsmith’s Report on Citizenship
 
Due to the pressure from many British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(O)s) , our Core Group members and the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (President: Ian MacDonald QC), Lord Peter Goldsmith QC has finally given a detailed analysis and recognition of the unfair treatment to the citizenship of BN(O) by the HM Government.
 
Under Chapter 4 Part 1(11) of the Citizenship Review report (Citizenship: Our Common Bond), Lord Goldsmith acknowledged the fact that BN(O) is the only category of the whole of British Nationality that is …