Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship
Thirteen years ago, Andre Geim took British citizenship to accept a knighthood. He has just learned he can no longer be a citizen of the Netherlands as a result.
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Italian Referendum to Loosen Citizenship Rules Fails
Less than a third of eligible voters turned out for a poll that would have made it easier for foreigners to become citizens, and strengthened labor rights.
Italians Prepare to Vote in Citizenship Referendum
A referendum on Sunday and Monday will give Italians the chance to loosen citizenship laws for immigrants. But it is not clear enough voters will turn out.
American Emigration to Britain Rises
New data from the U.K. government showed applications surged in the first three months of this year, which some analysts attributed to the political climate in the United States.
World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American
Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease.
Can Pope Leo XIV Keep U.S. Citizenship?
He now leads a sovereign nation, Vatican City, and the U.S. State Department says that for an American to retain citizenship as a foreign head of state can “raise complex questions of international law.”
Families Are Split as Pakistan Deports Thousands of Afghan Refugees
Many undocumented Afghan migrants have Pakistani spouses and have lived in the country for years. Nevertheless, the government says they must leave.
Italy Tightens Citizenship Rules Amid Influx of Applications
The government says it tightened citizenship rules because of a deluge of applications from the descendants of emigrants who only coveted an Italian passport.
Former Americans Who Gave Up Their Citizenship Want Their Money Back
Former U.S. citizens who live abroad have filed a class-action lawsuit saying the $2,350 fee to relinquish their nationality was exorbitant.
After Taking Away Enemies’ Citizenship, Nicaragua Takes Their Homes
Nicaragua’s government has begun confiscating the homes of former political prisoners and dissidents forced into exile, just as the country did in the 1980s.