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<p>The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 has created registration routes for the children
of British Overseas Territory citizen mothers, and those who would have become British
Overseas Territories citizens had their parents been married. Those affected by historical
discrimination will be able to acquire both British Overseas Territories citizenship
and British citizenship, giving them the statuses they would otherwise have received
automatically.</p><p>Applications for British Overseas Territories citizenship under
existing routes are decided in the territories by Governors. There is currently no
specific route for the children of British Overseas Territories citizen mothers, or
unmarried fathers, to claim citizenship. The new routes we are introducing will allow
them to apply.</p>
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