Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] British External Territories and French  ones!<br/>
Date: Apr 17, 2005 @ 09:20<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1804610871"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt;While this may now be legally true, administratively the two former <br/>
&gt;dependencies are virtually on their own.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>It is certainly a curious arrangement, and no doubt done for administrative <br/>
convenience because the same ship supplies all three islands. In the case <br/>
of Ascension, it&#39;s the only one of the three that has an airport (although <br/>
they are building one on St Helena) so is hardly &#39;dependent&#39; on the other <br/>
islands.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;I know that Ascension has its own separate residency rules. They define <br/>
&gt;every worker there, since no other types of residency permits are issued, <br/>
&gt;no matter how long their duration, as temporary workers<br/>
&gt;and do not permit permanent residents.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Ascension is/was primarily a military facility, but I recently read an <br/>
article that the island was actively trying attract people to settle there. <br/>
I&#39;ll see if I can find it.<br/>
<br/>
Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>