Applications made by three out of the four Uighurs living in Bermuda for naturalisation are being reviewed by the British Government, MPs heard yesterday.<\/p>\n
Simon Jones
Published Mar 21, 2017 at 8:00 am (Updated Mar 21, 2017 at 6:48 am)<\/p>\n
Applications made by three out of the four Uighurs living in Bermuda for naturalisation are being reviewed by the British Government, MPs heard yesterday.<\/p>\n
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister for Home Affairs, provided the update in response to questions from Progressive Labour Party MPs during the budget debate of her ministry\u2019s spending.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UK Government is currently reviewing the naturalisation applications of three of the four Uighurs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that is granted they can then obtain passports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very positive development.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walton Brown, the Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, asked Ms Gordon-Pamplin what had changed to allow the UK to state publicly that they were reviewing the applications.<\/p>\n
Ms Gordon-Pamplin responded: \u201cThe response I have been given is that they have been on island over five years with indefinite permission to stay so they are eligible to apply under the British Nationality Act.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said she did not know why only three of the four Uighurs\u2019 applications were being reviewed.<\/p>\n
The four Uighurs, Abdullah Abdulqadir, Khalil Mamut, Ablikim Turahun and Salahidin Abdulahad, who are originally from Chinese Turkestan, were secretly brought to Bermuda from Guant\u00e1namo Bay, Cuba, in 2009.<\/p>\n
They have remained stranded and stateless in Bermuda ever since then and unable to leave the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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