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UK can make its citizens stateless

Published on the 21 Jan 2015

In May 2014, the UK House of Lords voted through a new clause to the Immigration Bill to remove the restriction on making citizens stateless. This expands the Home Secretary’s existing ability to revoke the citizenship of those believed to pose a threat to the UK. The new plans mean that the citizenship of naturalized citizens may be revoked even if they have no alternative nationality to fall back on.

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Kaldor Centre Advisory Board member, Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill of the University of Oxford, has written four papers explaining why deprivation of citizenship – resulting in statelessness – is a clear violation of international law.

  1. Revised draft of a paper presented at a Seminar at Middlesex University (14 February 2014)
  2. Opinion: Deprivation of Citizenship resulting in Statelessness and its implications in International Law (12 March 2014)
  3. Further Comments: Deprivation of Citizenship resulting in Statelessness and its implications in International Law (6 April 2014)
  4. More Authority: Deprivation of Citizenship resulting in Statelessness and its implications in International Law (5 May 2014)