Dokument #1155054
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Please consult the British Nationality Act
of 1981, available through the REFWORLD database at your Regional
Documentation Centre, for information on entitlement to British
nationality. The document indicates that, in principle, children
born on or after 1983 to persons who were not British citizens or
settled in the United Kingdom at the time are not considered
British citizens, although their immigration status might change if
their parents' status changes before the children reach the age of
majority. Additional information can be found in the section
"Children born in the United Kingdom who are not British citizens"
of the Immigration Rules HC 395 of 1994, also available through the
REFWORLD database.
Additional information on entitlement to
British citizenship can be found in Responses to Information
Requests GBR24988 of 21 August 1996, GBR24009 of 28 May 1996 and
GBR24341 of 24 June 1996. More recent information affecting the
contents of the documents mentioned in this Response could not be
found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
27 May 1998
United Kingdom: Whether sexual orientation
(i.e. homosexuality) is considered under the Convention grounds of
"membership in a particular social group" in determining Convention
refugee status, and if so, statistics of positive decisions since
January 1998
Regional Office:
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From:
Research Directorate, Immigration and
Refugee Board, Ottawa
Keywords:
CSR51; homosexuals; social group
persecution; United Kingdom
Information on whether sexual orientation
(i.e. homosexuality) is considered under the Convention grounds of
"membership in a particular social group" in determining Convention
refugee status could not be obtained from the sources consulted by
the Research Directorate, including the British High Commission in
Ottawa and the (British) Refugee Council in London.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Sources Consulted
British High Commission, Ottawa.
International Gay & Lesbian Human
Rights Commission (IGLHRC), San Francisco, Calif.
(British) Refugee Council, London,
United Kingdom.
Secretariat of the Inter-Governmental Consultations, Geneva.
September 1997.
Report on Asylum Procedures: Overview of Policies and Practices in IGC Participating States.
United Kingdom. 1996. The Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1996.
_____. 1996. Asylum and Immigration Act
1996.
_____. 1993. Asylum and Immigration
Appeals Act 1993.
US Committee for Refugees (USCR). 1997.
World Refugee Survey 1997.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases,
LEXIS/NEXIS, REFWORLD.
Oral sources: Unsuccessful attempts to
contact five oral sources.