most of the 31 citizens stripped of their nationality in 2012 were abroad, but ten were left stateless in the country, unable to undertake any official business, be it registering newborns or getting a job. They cannot pass nationality to their children, who will be born into statelessness. On October 28th a court ordered the ten to be deported from the country as illegal residents; it is not clear how or to where they will travel without documents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now, other countries have worse human rights records. \u00a0But these are countries which are generally regarded as civilized, and which attract large numbers of expatriates, both poor third-world construction workers and maids, and professionals from the developed world. \u00a0And this certainly is yet more grounds for Glen Reynolds\u2019 call for supporting Canadian oil production as \u201cethical oil\u201d!<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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