Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens
In the last two months, PRCBC and Amnesty UK met with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Legal Aid Agency (LAA), the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI), and the Home Office Passport, Identity and Nationality Policy Team.
In early September 2024, PRCBC assisted our patron, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, in tabling several parliamentary questions concerning children’s rights to British citizenship. The Minister, Lord Hanson of Flint, answered these in two groups on 16 and 17 September respectively.
PRCBC’s work continues to develop on challenging the good character requirement that applies to the registration of British citizenship for children and young people from the age of 10. In April 2024, we ran a mini conference with specialist lawyers to re-examine and refine our strategic litigation concerning this character requirement. We have contributed to …
Published in Asylum, Immigration and Nationality Law Journal, 2023
Court of Appeal Judgment: Roehrig v SSHD Court of Appeal decision handed down on 12 March 2024 agrees with High Court judgment in January 2023. Following that High Court judgment, Parliament passed the British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Act 2023, via an accelerated procedure, to guarantee the British citizenship of thousands of people affected …
On Monday, 4 December, Baroness Lister of Burtsett is to move a motion of regret in response to the latest citizenship and immigration fees. A joint briefing from PRCBC, Amnesty, Ramfel and the3million concerning the fee for registration as a British citizen is here:
The British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Act 2023 became law on 29 June 2023 with retrospective effect. Tens of thousands of British citizens can feel secure that their citizenship is safe against confusing, changing and at times even contradictory positions at the Home Office about the true meaning of British nationality law – particularly …
We have written with Amnesty International UK to the Minister following the debate on children’s citizenship rights at report stage of the Government’s immigration bill. The letter sets out fatal misunderstandings of British nationality law that underpin the exclusion of rights of registration currently in in the bill.
PRCBC and Amnesty UK has also written jointly to peers who participated in the 12 June 2023 Committee stage debate on provisions of the Government’s latest immigration bill that improperly interfere with British nationality rights. The letter addresses the key points made by the Minister in the debate when attempting to justify this impropriety.
The British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill is primarily concerned with the British citizenship rights of children born in the UK between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000 (inclusive) to parents exercising EU free movement rights.
This Bill is primarily concerned with the British citizenship rights of children born in the UK between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000 (inclusive) to parents exercising EU free movement rights.
The Government have today introduced the British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill. This is intended to confirm people’s British citizenship rights following the change in the Home Office’s position concerning how British nationality law applied to people born to EU citizen parents in the UK between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000 (inclusive). …
PRCBC Statement on the citizenship clauses of this Bill “The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) is appalled at the Government’s legislative proposal to exclude some British children, born in the UK, from their statutory rights to be registered as British citizens under the British Nationality Act 1981. Clause 30(4) and …
This update is provided following a recent meeting with the Home Office organised by the Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) and attended by Amnesty International UK, ILPA, the3million and HM Passport Office. Background: The change in the Home Office position was first announced during a hearing before the High Court …
“The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) is appalled at the Government’s legislative proposal to exclude some British children, born in the UK, from their statutory rights to be registered as British citizens under the British Nationality Act 1981. Clause 30(4) and similar provisions concerning British nationality must be removed from …
Joint letter to the Home Office concerning the dreadfully uncertain position in which it has placed thousands of people who are British by reason of their birth in the UK to parents who were exercising EU free movement rights. This follows the High Court judgment in Antoine Roehrig v SSHD Children born in the UK …
PRCBC is profoundly disappointed at the latest news that the appeal of Shamima Begum – a young British woman, trafficked to Syria when still a schoolgirl – against the Home Secretary’s decision to strip her of her citizenship has been dismissed. This perpetuates an appalling decision of the Government that is deeply divisive and undermines …
On Friday 20 January 2023, the High Court handed down its judgment on the meaning of settled in the British Nationality Act 1981. This is important for the citizenship rights of children born in the UK since 1 January 1983 when the Act did away with automatic citizenship merely by birth in the UK. The …
Reasserting Rights to British Citizenship Through Registration: Judicial Review of the Registration Fee Steve Valdez-Symonds and Solange Valdez-Symonds
