BIRTHS ABOARD SHIPS.
NATIONALITY OF BABIES. NEW AMERICAN RULING. A. and N.Z. NEW YORK. July 24-' The Immigration Commissioner has ruled that babies born at sea on ships bound for the United States will hereafter be classed as American citizens y This upsets the tradition that a child born at sea. assumes the nationality of the country under whose flag the ship sails. This formerly resulted in the deportation of several infants born ; at sea because the quota for the nationality under which they, were classed was full, although the parents were eligible to land.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18461, 26 July 1923, Page 7
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