Criticism
- The creation of a new nationality (with fewer privileges) has been met with criticism, as many Hong Kong residents felt the British citizenship would have been more appropriate in light of the "moral debt" owed to them by the UK. There were also British politicians and magazines criticizing the nationality.
- The British Nationality Law 1981 has been criticised that different classes of British statuses are in fact closely related to the ethnic origin of the holder by experts; as well as by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination of the United Nations.
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