Passport plea rejected
The Government rejected a plea for full British passports to be given to about 7,000 people in Hong Kong who face becoming stateless after the colony is handed over to China in 1997. The people affected are mainly of Indian or Pakistani origin, but have no claim to citizenship there.
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