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GCSE History · key term
The legal status connecting a person to a state. Nationality does not necessarily give an unrestricted right to enter or settle in that state.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Context for MigrationShared language, education, family connections and nationality arrangements helped make Britain a destination for people from Commonwealth countries. Decolonisation changed political relationships without immediately removing those connections.
Do not treat nationality and permission to enter Britain as identical. Later immigration controls restricted entry even for some people holding British nationality.
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