Subject: Re: British External Territories and French ones!<br/>
Date: Apr 19, 2005 @ 03:24<br/>
Author: L. A. Nadybal (&quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-514904531">I think Ascension is seeking residents to build up a tax base now that<br/>
the US NASA base closed.  <br/>
LN<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;While this may now be legally true, administratively the two former <br/>
&gt; &gt;dependencies are virtually on their own.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; It is certainly a curious arrangement, and no doubt done for<br/>
administrative <br/>
&gt; convenience because the same ship supplies all three islands. In the<br/>
case <br/>
&gt; of Ascension, it&#39;s the only one of the three that has an airport<br/>
(although <br/>
&gt; they are building one on St Helena) so is hardly &#39;dependent&#39; on the<br/>
other <br/>
&gt; islands.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;I know that Ascension has its own separate residency rules. They<br/>
define <br/>
&gt; &gt;every worker there, since no other types of residency permits are<br/>
issued, <br/>
&gt; &gt;no matter how long their duration, as temporary workers<br/>
&gt; &gt;and do not permit permanent residents.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Ascension is/was primarily a military facility, but I recently read an <br/>
&gt; article that the island was actively trying attract people to settle<br/>
there. <br/>
&gt; I&#39;ll see if I can find it.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Regards,<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Kevin Meynell </span></blockquote></div>