§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will give, for each of the countries of the Indian subcontinent and Africa, an estimate of the number of people who will become British Overseas citizens as a result of the Nationality Bill; and in each case, how many of them will have a right of readmission to the United Kingdom under present immigration rules.
§ The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Lord Carrington)Estimates from our posts in 1031WA the areas concerned of numbers of persons who would become British Overseas citizens are as follows:
These figures include some wives and dependent children who may not be citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies and so would not become British Overseas citizens, but it is not possible to estimate their numbers.
Kenya 17,000 Tanzania 9,000 Zambia 5,000 Malawi 4,600 Zimbabwe 1,000 India 39,000 Pakistan 1,700 Sri Lanka 40 There is no information about persons in other African countries and Bangladesh but numbers are not thought to be large. Nor is it possible to estimate how many persons who will become British Overseas citizens have the right of readmission to the United Kingdom under present immigration rules.