British citizenship is not acquired by birth alone, there are a combination of factors, including the year of birth and parents’ circumstances. Before illegal immigrants identified by the U.K authorities are allowed to return, government officials here will conduct a probe to establish if the person is indeed an Indian citizen or not. Revised pactThe MoU, which has been in the works for the past three years, has been revised after India declined a proposal by the U.K. to use DNA sampling to establish the nationality of document-less illegal immigrants who the U.K suspects to be Indians. But here, the U.K authorities will have to provide either a national identity card, a driving licence or a birth certificate among others to the Indian authorities to authenticate her/his Indian nationality. The U.K will also have to follow the same procedures if a British national is found staying illegally in India.

Source: The Hindu May 10, 2021 16:41 UTC