Treaties — Application — Colonies and dependent territories — Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — United Kingdom signing and ratifying Refugee Convention — United Kingdom extending Refugee Convention to Colony of Cyprus — Cyprus gaining independence in 1960 — United Kingdom retaining sovereignty over Sovereign Base Areas (“SBAs”) in Cyprus following independence — Whether Refugee Convention applying to SBAs in Cyprus as matter of public international law — Whether Refugee Convention continuing to apply following independence — Bancoult (No 2) — Whether SBAs constituting new political entity — Treaty of Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, 1960 — Cyprus Act 1960 — Whether Refugee Convention applying to SBAs from their inception — United Kingdom obligations under international law — Whether claimants entitled to live in United Kingdom — Validity of Secretary of State’s decision to refuse claimants admittance

Territory — Colonies — Cyprus — British Colony until independence in 1960 — Treaty of Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, 1960 — Cyprus Act 1960 — United Kingdom retaining sovereignty over Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus — Exclusion of SBAs from territory of Republic of Cyprus — Whether Refugee Convention extending to SBAs — Whether Refugee Convention continuing to apply following independence — Bancoult (No 2) — Whether SBAs constituting new political entity — Whether Refugee Convention applying to SBAs from their inception — Factual and legal position of SBAs — Continuing public international law obligations — Obligations of United Kingdom — Whether claimants entitled to live in United Kingdom — Validity of Secretary of State’s decision to refuse claimants admittance

States — Cyprus — British Colony — Creation of Republic of Cyprus in 1960 — British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus — United Kingdom retaining sovereignty over SBAs after independence — Whether SBAs continuing political entity or new political entity — Bancoult (No 2) — Obligations of States — Whether international obligations of colonial power continuing — Whether Refugee Convention applying to SBAs — Obligations of United Kingdom — Whether claimants entitled to live in United Kingdom — Validity of Secretary of State’s decision to refuse claimants admittance

Aliens — Refugees — Right of abode — Claimants’ rights under Refugee Convention — Claimants resident in British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus — Whether Refugee Convention extending to SBAs — Obligations of United Kingdom under international law — Full discharge of obligations — Whether claimants entitled to live in United Kingdom — Validity of Secretary of State’s decision to refuse claimants admittance — The law of England