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AN Essex girl who has lived in England for a quarter of a century has been left stunned after hard-nosed officials warned her she could be deported.

Christine North, 32, says the decision to refuse her a UK passport was 'ridiculous'[EAST NEWS]

Christine appears to have fallen through a ludicrous loophole in the law.

Douglas Carswell MP

Christine North, 32, of Clacton, was born near an army base in Dortmund, Germany but has an English father and has lived in the UK since the age of seven.
The married mother-of-two - described as "Clacton through and through" - has her own National Insurance number and has voted at every election since she turned 18.
But when she applied for a passport for a family holiday to France, her world was turned upside down by officials who refused the request and warned her she could be booted out of Britain.
Mrs North is now fighting to get her British passport and her case is being backed by her MP who branded the situation "ludicrous" and "insane".
"As far as I am concerned, I am English," Mrs North blasted.
"I was brought up that way and have lived here from a young age."
"When I was told I might not be a British citizen, I was dumbfounded. I have been passed from passport information to border control and on to immigration.
"At one point they told me I might be deported. I was scared they would take me away from my family."

Christine North, 32, with her daughters Summer (left), 12, and Tilly, four, [EAST NEWS]

Mrs North, who has even done jury service twice, believes the problem arose because her English soldier dad was not named on her birth certificate due to "difficulties" between him and her German mum.
She is calling for a law change to avoid similar problems for others in the future.
"Everyone I have told about this thinks it is ridiculous. I don't want to live in Germany - I am English and my entire world is here," she explained.
Clacton MP Douglas Carswell said: "Christine appears to have fallen through a ludicrous loophole in the law.
"She is as British as anyone here, a Clacton woman through and through and the situation is bizarre.
"I have done everything I can, including writing in the strongest terms possible, to the Home Secretary Theresa May."
The Tory MP said he had come up against a brick wall, adding: "I received flat, bureaucratic replies saying 'rules are rules'."

Proud Briton Christine North says she was 'dumfounded' by questions surrounding her UK citizenship [CASCADE]

"If these rules don't allow for some human wiggle room, then there is something profoundly wrong with the system.
"Anyone who knows the facts of this case knows how silly it is but when you point this out to officials, they just shrug. It is quite insane."
A Home Office spokesman said: "Mrs North was born in Germany to a German mother and no named father. As such, she does not have a right to automatic British Citizenship."
The spokesman said Mrs North had been advised to apply for citizenship through naturalisation which would include passing a Life in the UK test.
Mrs North, who runs her own cake-making business, said the upsetting events had "called her whole life into question".
She said: "The Home Office told me the first thing I should do would be to apply for an immediate right to remain in this country. I have been told I am not a British citizen.
"My entire life and everything I know has been called into question."
 

Christine North as a year 8 schoolgirl while growing up in Essex [EAST NEWS]

But the determined mum is adamant she should not have to take the Life in the UK test, at a cost of nearly £1,000, with no guarantee of success.
She added: "It is absolutely ridiculous that I am being told that I should take a citizenship test with questions about Shakespearean plays and naming kings and queens of old.
"I am not Stephen Fry, I did not pay attention in history classes.
"I spoke to officials at the German Embassy and they just laughed and said 'why would you belong to us' and they are right because I am British."
Mrs North, is married to 37-year-old car mechanic, Stephen, and has two daughters, Tilly, four, and Summer, 12.
She said she would "not stop" until she gets a UK passport, adding: "At the moment I am stateless. I don't have a home."