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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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[15 Jan 2009 | Comments Off | ]
The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill is out!

The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill was read the first time in the House of Lord and is now made available to the public on the Home Office website:

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[5 Sep 2008 | Comments Off | ]
Recruitment from BHK Core Group!

As a result of recent changes to BritishHongKong, we are looking for people to join our Core Group. For those who may not be aware, the Core Group is the part of the BritishHongKong organisation which is involved with campaigning and other action to fight for the rights of British Nationals (Overseas), e.g. writing letters to members of parliament etc.Members for Core Group will be selected on their ability to contribute to the activities of Core Group. There are a few general requirements:
1) Familiarity with the status of British National …

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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 …