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Author with British citizenship barred from flight home to UK
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A Ugandan-born prize-winning author said she was left feeling “numb” after she was stopped from boarding a Ryanair flight from Brussels back home to Manchester. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, a British citizen who has li...
PM’s father Stanley Johnson ‘secures French citizenship’
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The prime minister’s father, Stanley Johnson, has secured French citizenship, according to reports. French officials reportedly told the AFP news agency that Johnson, 81, whose mother was French, obtained French natio...
Western Australian Liberal senator Ben Small resigns over dual citizenship
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Western Australian Liberal senator Ben Small has been forced to resign due to his New Zealand heritage, the latest victim of the section 44 constitutional requirements, but has pledged to stand again at the looming el...
Section 44 strikes again: Labor candidate for Hughes quits race due to Greek citizenship concerns
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Labor’s candidate for the hotly contested federal seat of Hughes in Sydney has withdrawn over section 44 citizenship concerns, leaving the ALP scrambling to find a replacement just days before the election is likely t...
Portugal to change law under which Roman Abramovich gained citizenship
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The Portuguese government is to tighten the law granting nationality to the descendants of Jews who were expelled from the Iberian peninsula 500 anni fa, as concerns grow over the controversial decision to award Rom...
Putin propagandist news host has British home and citizenship
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One of Russia’s most popular television news presenters, who has been accused of being a propagandist for the Russian president, Sembra che abbia usato parte del denaro per acquistare un jet privato da 34 milioni di dollari, has British citizenship and a family flat in west London. Sergei Brilev ...
Behold the new ‘hostile environment’ – with the power to rob millions of British citizenship
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The government’s proposed new powers to strip people of their citizenship without notice rang alarm bells in communities across Britain. Despite being the first Muslim woman in our country’s history to serve in the ca...
Hundreds stripped of British citizenship in last 15 anni, lo studio trova
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Hundreds of people have been stripped of their British citizenship in the last 15 anni, secondo la ricerca, including one man who was stateless for almost five years. Research carried out by Free Movement, a websi...
Removing British citizenship under the nationality and borders bill
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I was disappointed to read Naga Kandiah’s comments on the removal of British citizenship (Like Shamima Begum, I could soon be stripped of British citizenship without notice, 15 dicembre). Removing British citizenship ...
Like Shamima Begum, I could soon be stripped of British citizenship without notice
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At first glance, Shamima Begum and I don’t have much in common. She fled Britain when she was a schoolgirl to join Islamic State. I came to the UK from Sri Lanka in 2005 and qualified here as a public and human rights...
The citizenship journey: nine Europeans who became British after Brexit – photo essay
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Su 28 luglio 2021, I became a British citizen. I’ve been living in the UK for 18 anni, and never considered taking this big step until now. I am proudly European and, I must admit, Brexit played a massive role in my de...
New bill quietly gives powers to remove British citizenship without notice
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Individuals could be stripped of their British citizenship without warning under a proposed rule change quietly added to the nationality and borders bill. Clause 9 – “Notice of decision to deprive a person of citizens...
Vanuatu strips Syrian businessman of controversial ‘golden passport’ citizenship
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Vanuatu has reportedly revoked the citizenship of a Syrian businessman who was granted approval to receive a Vanuatu passport earlier this year, after a Guardian investigation into the country’s controversial citizens...
Dual national in Syrian prison launches high court challenge of Australian citizenship loss laws
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Laws allowing the home affairs minister to cancel the Australian citizenship of a dual national suspected of terrorist activities are being challenged in the high court. An urgent case was filed on Friday on behalf of...
Ex-bikie and missing property magnate among Australian names granted Vanuatu citizenship
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A former Comanchero bikie and a missing property magnate owing hundreds of millions of dollars after his businesses collapsed are among Australians granted citizenship through Vanuatu’s controversial citizenship-by-in...
Citizenship for sale: fugitives, politicians and disgraced businesspeople buying Vanuatu passports
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A controversial “golden passports” scheme run by the Pacific nation of Vanuatu saw more than 2,000 persone, including a slew of disgraced businesspeople and individuals sought by police in countries all over the world,...