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<p>The UK is a signatory to the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
The principle of that Convention is that statelessness should be avoided. It seeks
to prevent statelessness by prohibiting the withdrawal of citizenship from the nationals
of a state when doing so would result in them becoming stateless. British nationality
legislation reflects this position and therefore only makes provision for British
Protected Person status to be lost automatically where a person has another nationality.
It can also be removed where deprivation of citizenship would be conducive to the
public good and the individual would not become stateless as a result, or if the person
had obtained the status through deception.</p>
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