Category: Home Office

Children born outside of the UK to British parents in same-sex relationships have been left stateless by the Home Office, according to The Guardian. The department has told British nationals and their EU partners that children born abroad to a British parent (who was also born outside of the country) are ineligible for citizenship. Some EU countries do not recognise same-sex partnerships and denied children citizenship on that basis. This leaves them stateless as neither country has issued documentation. Many same-sex parents have been left in an uncertain position and…