Naturalisation as a British citizen: concepts and trends
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This briefing gives details about how many foreign citizens acquire British citizenship every year, their demographic characteristics, and the various bases for their grants of British citizenship.
By Dr Scott Blinder
Citizenship grants per year more than doubled from 2000 to 2013 but fell considerably in 2014 and 2015
In 2015, 118,100 foreign citizens naturalised as British citizens. This is down more than 40% from 2013, when citizenship grants reached almost 208,000, the largest annual n...
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