Brexit Britain finally starts cracking down on non-EU migrants

[northernladyuk]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...ve-home-office

A 21-year-old man who was born and raised in Britain has been told to leave the UK by the Home Office because he is not a British citizen.

Shane Ridge, a joiner from Colne in Lancashire who describes himself as “as British as they come”, received a letter from the Home Office last week informing him that his driving licence would be revoked as he had “no lawful basis to be in the UK”.

It came as a surprise because all of Ridge’s relatives are British citizens. His mother was born in Australia during a family holiday, but has lived in Britain since then and has dual citizenship.

[BlasterBates]

Interesting, made the mistake of applying for a passport, they checked his birth certificate and his mother was Australian.

Oh dear.

[northernladyuk]

Interesting, made the mistake of applying for a passport, they checked his birth certificate and his mother was Australian.

Oh dear.

His mother is also British but born in Australia.

[BlasterBates]

His mother is also British but born in Australia.

yes but when he was born she was Australian, so he's Australian.

fair do's, the Australians would do exactly the same, they're incredibly tough on immigrants without the paperwork.

[Mordac]

It's odd, his mother was born in Australia (to British parents) so she's Australian, he was born here but he's not British.

[motoukenin]

Well they have fecked everything else up so no surprise there

[northernladyuk]

It's odd, his mother was born in Australia (to British parents) so she's Australian, he was born here but he's not British.

Still - good for Tezza's net migration figures.

[grabri]

Alarm bells should have been ringing after his application for a British passport was declined - it might have been advisable to question that decision rather than apply for (and be accepted) for an Australian passport.

Why should the citizenship of the father only be a consideration if he is married to the mother?

[stek]

His mother is also British but born in Australia.

She'd be British by Descent, means she can't pass on her British Citizenship.

[woohoo]

Still - good for Tezza's net migration figures.

Not sure why anyone is complaining. Now he is Australian he should be dead cert on getting a decent bar job. Always a bright side.