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<p>The Government remains committed to the Belfast Agreement and the rights it protects,
including the birthright of people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and
be accepted as Irish or British or both, and the right to hold both British and Irish
citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring that the rights of all those in Northern Ireland
continue to be protected after we leave the EU has been one of the UK’s key negotiating
priorities. The Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement delivers on a range of rights-related
commitments.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to working with our EU partners to
put in place arrangements that will allow Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland
to continue to have access to rights, opportunities and benefits that come with EU
citizenship.</p>
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