New bill gives powers to remove British citizenship without notice

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Priti Patel in parliament. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

Individuals could be stripped of their British citizenship without warning under a proposed rule change quietly added to the nationality and borders bill.

Frances Webber, the vice-chair of the Institute of Race Relations, said: “This amendment sends the message that certain citizens, despite being born and brought up in the UK and having no other home, remain migrants in this country. Their citizenship, and therefore all their rights, are precarious and contingent……

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-to-remove-british-citizenship-without-notice

 

[Purwell]

Not sure that I like the sound of that.

 

[hollydolly]

Priti Patel is full of wind and water... she should be stripped off her very well paid role and step aside for someone who knows how to do the job properly

 

[Warrigal]

It is only legal if the person has dual citizenship.
It is illegal to render someone stateless.