British Nationality: Chagossians
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of Chagossian descent have taken British nationality since 2022.
Answered by Seema Malhotra
We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to an individual’s ancestry.
Whilst the BIOT (British Indian Oceans Territory) citizenship registration route was introduced in November 2022, there may be people of Chagossian descent who have applied outside of this route within the requested period and we would not be able to identify such cases.
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