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Citizenship and the fall of the British Empire: A system of exclusion
After 258 years under British and French colonial rule, Mauritius gained independence in 1968. The new Constitution of Mauritius created different…
"Everything is stuck”: Left in limbo and stateless as a British Overseas Citizen
I arrived in the UK in 2001 at the age of twenty from Malaysia, with feelings of excitement as I embarked on an Engineering Degree at the University…
In praise of the 1961 Statelessness Convention
It is a lot better to have a stateless person’s travel document than to be undocumented.
Barriers to citizenship facing stateless children born in the UK
Stateless children born in the UK have a right to register as British citizens after living here for a continuous period of five years. But various…
Irish British Subjects - A living reminder of the inter-linked history between the UK and Ireland
While perhaps well known to that small band of nationality lawyers around the world who take pleasure in obscure, forgotten and anachronistic…