Sentence examples for rights of abode from inspiring English sources

SIR —The interest generated in the affairs of the Falkland Islands and the islanders' own celebration of their British connection is somewhat at odds with the fact that British citizens are denied automatic rights of abode, employment and in some cases, travel, in the territories.

Mrs Chan is known to have opposed the government's decision to ask Beijing to overturn a ruling of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on the rights of abode of mainland children born to a Hong Kong parent: a humiliation to the court.

Where the law has looked in trouble it has been because of actual or perceived interference from either the Hong Kong or Chinese governments.In 1999 the government refused to accept a ruling by the CFA on the rights of abode in Hong Kong of the mainland-born children of Hong Kong parents.

If China thinks those limits are being stretched unacceptably, it will not be the end of the matter.Then there is the right-of-abode question.

Hong Kong's Secretary for Security, Ambrose Lee, said that the government would not process or approve right-of-abode applications for domestic workers while it appealed against the ruling.

One is the "right of abode".

Chagossians have gained British citizenship and the right of abode.

It drew up plans for democratic institutions, a legal right of abode and to own property.

Caz Yon was one of the councillors who resigned after it became clear that property rights and the right of abode were not going to be forthcoming.

A Chinese spokesman said the ruling appeared to go against a judgment on the right of abode made by the National People's Congress in 1999.

Congratulations, you have completed the form and if successful will have the right of abode in the UK and dependencies (a small corner of southern Iraq).