right of abodelaw the right to live in a country 居留权right of abode• This would have allowed the right of abode to all citizens in any part of the country.• The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.• That is six times the number to be offered the right of abode in the government's package.
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