Increasing numbers of British nationals are being stripped of their citizenship under Home Office powers introduced in the wake of the 2005 London bombings.The number of people subject to the power, under which the home secretary can deprive dual nationals of their British citizenship if it is deemed to be in the public interest, has increased since the coalition government came to power.
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It was used only four times in the following four years, but has been used nine times since last year's general election.
Five of the dual nationals deprived of their citizenship were British Pakistanis, while two were of dual British and Sudanese nationality. The remaining six were Australian, Iraqi, Russian, Egyptian and Lebanese dual nationals.
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Under the terms of the act the home secretary can deprive an individual of British citizenship if she believes it to be "conducive to the public good."
Wow.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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