Scholarly work on transnational migration has attended to migrants’ notions of (un)belonging to their settled country, where experiences of discrimination motivate migrants to foster stronger connections with the natal country as a form of reactive and protective transnationalism. Less attention, however, is given to the ways in which migrants negotiate simultaneous exclusions and inclusions in relation to their natal and settled countries. I examine this crucial intersection through the case of retired British citizens who are first-generation, highly skilled Sri Lankan ethnic minority migrants. The article reveals how the migrants’ racial identity in the predominantly White United Kingdom and their ethnic minority status within Sri Lanka undergird their transnational citizenship negotiations. The findings convey that the migrants adopt pragmatic forms of transnational practices and mobilities to maneuver the benefits and risks attached to their dual affiliations and align with their subjective notions of (un)belonging.

关于跨国移民的学术工作关注移民的（不）属于他们定居的国家的观念，歧视的经历促使移民与出生国建立更牢固的联系，作为一种反应性和保护性跨国主义的形式。然而，很少有人关注移民在与出生国和定居国相关的同时排斥和包容问题上进行谈判的方式。我通过作为第一代高技能斯里兰卡少数民族移民的退休英国公民的案例来研究这个关键的交叉点。这篇文章揭示了移民在以白人为主的英国的种族身份以及他们在斯里兰卡的少数民族身份如何巩固他们的跨国公民身份谈判。