§ Mr. Ronald Atkinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are his estimates of the numbers of citizens of the United King-don and Colonies settled abroad who have dual nationality; and if he will give an analysis of where these citizens are resident.
§ Mr. LuardNo estimates are available of how many citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies settled in overseas countries possess a second nationality. There is no practicable way of making such estimates, because entitlement to the citizenship of any other country depends on the operation of the laws of that country in each individual case.
§ Mr. Ronald Atkinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his estimate of the number of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who are settled in the Colonies and former colonies; and if he will give an analysis of where they are resident.
§ Mr. LuardNumbers of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies resident in former colonies are, where available included in the answer to my hon. Friend's Question about United Kingdom citizens abroad.
The total population figures for the present Colonies are as follows:
Burmuda 60,000 Belize 130,000 British Virgin Islands 10,000 Cayman Islands 13,500 Falkland Islands and Dependencies 2,000 Gibraltar 30,000 Gilbert Islands 53,000 Hong Kong 4,345,000 Montserrat 13,000 Pitcairn Islands Group 61 St. Helena and Dependencies 6,500 Turks and Caicos 6,000 Tuvalu 7,000 Seychelles 47,000 With the exception of Hong Kong, where there are approximately 2½ million aliens, mostly Chinese, the great proportion of people living in the colonies are citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
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§ Mr. Ronald Atkinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are his estimates of the number of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who are settled abroad and hold only British citizenship; and if he will give an analysis of where these British citizens are resident.
§ Mr. LuardLatest estimates of the number of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies resident abroad are given in the table below. The estimates are derived from information provided by overseas diplomatic posts. Precise figures are not available since United Kingdom nationals resident overseas are not bound to register with our diplomatic posts. No figures are available for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States of America. It is not possible to estimate how many citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies abroad hold no other citizenship, nor is it possible to differentiate between those who are resident, perhaps temporarily, and those who may be permanently settled in the country concerned.
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Afghanistan … 217 Algeria … 1,346 Angola … 7 Argentina … 17,500 Austria … 3,457 Bahamas … 4,395 Bahrain … 5,650 Bangladesh … 545 Barbados … 2,600 Belgium … 25,000 Benin … 35 Bolivia … 248 Botswana … 1,449 Brazil … 9,918 Brunei … 2,050 Bulgaria … 156 Burma … 329 Burundi … 50 Cameroon … 358 Central African Republic … 17 Chad … 42 Chile … 3,088 China … 97 Colombia … 831 Congo (Brazzaville) … 25 Costa Rica … 275 Cuba … 252 Cyprus … 18,334 Czechoslovakia … 161 Denmark … 4,680 Dominican Republic … 1,184 Ecuador … 260 Egypt … 804 El Salvador … 220 Ethiopia … 888 Fiji … 800 Finland … 554 France … 30,000 139W
Gabon 60 Gambia 252 Germany (Federal Republic) excluding Service Personnel 60,300 Germany (Democratic Republic) 121 Ghana 3,650 Greece 8,224 Guatemala 959 Guinea 40 Guyana 575 Haiti 75 Honduras 188 Hungary 176 Iceland 135 India 6,482 Indonesia 1,439 Iran 2,990 Iraq 1,021 Irish Republic 110,000 Israel 4,587 Italy 22,500 Ivory Coast 251 Jamaica 4,181 Japan 1,817 Jordon 559 Kenya 39,000 Korea 478 Kuwait 2,814 Laos 166 Lebanon 1,000 Lesotho 523 Liberia 472 Libya 1,571 Luxembourg 815 Madagascar 92 Malawi 11,000 Malaysia 114,053 Mali 23 Malta 3,901 Mauritania 42 Mauritius 854 Mexico 1,617 Mongolia 2 Morocco 1,548 Mozambique 377 Nepal 485 Netherlands 15,000 Nicaragua 224 Niger 15 Nigeria 10,744 Norway 2,553 Oman 3,541 Pakistan 2,073 Panama 304 Papua New Guinea 4,276 Paraguay 156 Peru 3,000 Philippines 840 Poland 581 Portugal 5,343 Qatar 1,360 Rhodesia 80,000 Romania 174 Ruanda 206 Saudi Arabia 8,000 Senegal 183 Sierra Leone 1,832 Singapore 6,900 Somali Democratic Republic 131 Soviet Union 343 Spain 21,534 Sri Lanka 3,631 Sudan 541
Swaziland … 2,049 Sweden … 6,645 Switzerland … 16,282 Syria … 212 Tanzania … 11,950 Thailand … 1,204 Togo … 79 Tongo … 140 Trinidad and Tobago … 2,540 Tunisia … 495 Turkey … 1,725 Uganda … 590 United Arab Emirates … 3,576 Upper Volta … 45 Uruguay … 1,343 Venezuela … 1,533 West Indies Associated States … 968 Yemen (North) … 224 Yemen (South) … 262 Yugoslavia … 194 Zaire … 580 Zambia … 34,400