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    Falkland Islanders, also called Falklanders and nicknamed Kelpers, are the people of the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The Islanders...
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    language is English. Under the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983, Falkland Islanders are British citizens. The islands lie at the boundary...
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    Falkland Islanders (also called Kelpers or Falklanders) derive from various origins. Earliest among these are the numerically small but internationally...
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  • precipitating the Falklands War. Falkland Islanders overwhelmingly prefer to remain British. Following the British victory in the Falklands War, they were...
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  • referendum on political status was held in the Falkland Islands on 10–11 March 2013. The Falkland Islanders were asked whether or not they supported the...
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    Origins of Falkland Islanders Puerto Soledad Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands Journal Timeline of the history of the Falkland Islands...
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    through the Argentine occupation, reports in his book Invasion 1982: Falkland Islanders at War that the higher figure of 40 members (including 15 ex-FIDF...
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    went to the Falklands trying to sell the islanders the benefits of a leaseback scheme, which met with strong opposition from the islanders. On his return...
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    modernisations. On 1 January 1983 the Falkland Islanders gained British citizenship under the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983, and on 3 October...
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    as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest...
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    asserted safety as a major concern, during discussions with the Falkland Islanders: "Which would you prefer, that our eighteen-year-old conscripts, with...
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    Citizens: The Argentine View of the Falkland Islanders' Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, P.J. Pepper, Falkland Islands Newsletter, November 1992...
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    the islanders. The Falklands war memorial is dedicated on Liberation Day (14 June). 1985: New Falkland Islands constitution is adopted. The Falkland Islands...
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    the Falkland War, signifying the liberation of the islands. Since its approval, the Falklands flag has been used to represent the Falkland Islanders internationally...
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    The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory and, as such, rely on the United Kingdom for the guarantee of their security. The other UK territories...
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    The population, estimated at 2,841, primarily consists of native Falkland Islanders, the vast majority being of British descent. Other ethnicities include...
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    Many British citizens in the colonies (with the exceptions of the Falkland Islanders and subsequently the Gibraltarians) found that their "Citizenship...
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    would stand by the principle of self-determination of allowing the Falkland Islanders to decide their own destiny. It had been argued that the British Nationality...
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    Falkland Islands, there are several war memorials to commemorate those killed in the Falklands War in 1982. The main memorial for Falkland Islanders is...
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    West Falkland (Spanish: Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East...
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    The Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF) is the locally maintained volunteer defence unit in the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The FIDF...
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    the Air Website David Gledhill (2014). Fighters over the Falklands: Defending the Islanders' Way of Life. Fonthill Media. Post Conflict and RAF Stanley...
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    The culture of the Falkland Islands is essentially analogous to that of British culture. The Falkland Islands have a large non-native-born population,...
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  • Egyptians Emiratis English Equatoguineans Eritreans Estonians Ethiopians Falkland Islanders Faroese Fijians Finns Finnish Swedish Filipinos French citizens Gabonese...
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    (1986). Falklands: The Air War. British Aviation Research Group. ISBN 0-906339-05-7. Kjelgaard, Chris (November 2018). "Islanders' Islanders". Air International...
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    effect on 1 January 1983, colonial CUKCs (other than Gibraltarians and Falkland Islanders) without a qualifying connection to the United Kingdom became British...
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  • bigger groups were Falkland Islanders, from the UK or other British Overseas Territories, such as Gibraltar and St. Helena. "Falkland Islands Census 2012:...
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    There were only two exceptions: Falkland Islanders, who were automatically granted British citizenship, and with the Falkland Islands treated as a part of...
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  • UK. Rural Falkland Islanders board at Stanley House. There is a 25-meter (82 ft) swimming pool that is a part of the leisure centre. Falkland Islands Community...
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    taught, rather than a South American variety of the language, but Falkland Islanders may use seseo pronunciation typical of South American dialect. Although...
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