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Complaints about treatment of Indian nationals at British Immigration Control
Catalogue reference: HO 344/349
What’s it about?
This record is about the Complaints about treatment of Indian nationals at British Immigration Control dating from 1972 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Commonwealth Immigration (BSI and CWI Symbol Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 344/349
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Date (When the record was created)
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1972 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Complaints about treatment of Indian nationals at British Immigration Control
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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CWI 67 11/114/83
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Migration
- Nationality
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14546854/
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Series information
HO 344
Home Office: Commonwealth Immigration (BSI and CWI Symbol Series) Files
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Complaints about treatment of Indian nationals at British Immigration Control
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