Tribunal rules that people born in NI are automatically British

Oct 15, 2019, 10:10 AM

If you're born in Northern Ireland - you are British even if you identify as Irish. That was the finding of tribunal judges yesterday. In 2017, NI woman Emma De Souza applied for a residence card for her US-born husband making the application under her Irish passport. However, the Home Office rejected the application as it deemed Mrs De Souza was British, even though she says that she never held a British passport. She went on to win a case against the Home Office. But yesterday - an immigration tribunal upheld an appeal of the case, brought by the Home Office. Emma joined Stephen this morning along with former UKIP leader in Northern Ireland - David McNarry.