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Re: Discriminations or Special Treatment?

Posted by Bashir E Khan on 31/3/2009, 5:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Discriminations or Special Treatment?"
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Loulou
You are spot on .

There are aspects of the Citizenship Act that need to be re-visited with an objective and sensible mindset.

But you are right again. This is a problem that affects children of Expats where ever they may be and not restricted to Australia Expats , or to put it bluntly , restricted to Creoles only.

I know of a close relative, born in Mauritius but moved to the UK as a Child before 1968, that is , has always held a British Citizenship. But later in life , when she tried to apply for a Mauritian Passport in Mauritius, she as told she could not do so as she was over 21 years old and that she should have applied for her Mauritian citizenship not later than 12 months after her 21st birthday.

However, the current law as I understood it, does not completely barred such cases because apparently one should lodge such application not to the Passport Office but to the PM's Ofice. The PM has discretionary power to bestow citizenship in cases like the one I have mentioned. Now then, this is where the problem MAY lie. We do not know whether this discretionary power of the PM is being used selectively or not.

Hnce before we jumped to any irrational conclusions, let us get some evidence first.

Remember Prime Minister change every 5 years.

Are there any other forms of discriminations faced by Expats on their return to Mauritius?

We have debated the question of voting rights in the past.

Regards all

Bashir