I find this absolutely fascinating.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

I find this absolutely fascinating. I was looking up Birthright Citizenship (jus soli) because...

Anyway, as a Canadian, I naïvely thought citizenship as soon as you are born was completely the norm.

Turns out.. it's a VERY “New World” (which means Colonial) thing.

"In contrast to jus soli, nearly every other country on Earth offers jus sanguinis, which grants citizenship as long as one parent (or sometimes both parents) are citizens.”

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-birthright-citizenship
#Canada #Immigration

[losttourist@social.chatty.monster]

@chris I was quite surprised to learn from your toot just now that Canada does have a jus soli rule, as the UK and almost all other Commonwealth countries don't.

[dunstable@mstdn.games]

@chris worth noting that many countries (including Canada) practice a mixture of both.

But generally, yes, a state from the American continents abandoning jus soli would be a huge change.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@losttourist "BLAME CANADA”

or... more precisely, colonialism!

But honestly, it's so ingrained in our psyche here, I can't imagine someone born here not being a Canadian citizen!

[ei3jdb@mastodon.radio]

@chris Ireland only got rid of it a few years ago: 2005 IIRC

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@EI3JDB got rid of jus soli?

[ei3jdb@mastodon.radio]

@chris yes. There was a constitutional amendment - which, in Ireland, is a referendum

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland - Wikipedia

(en.m.wikipedia.org)

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@EI3JDB very interesting history of becoming a citizen in Ireland!

[chigaze@mstdn.ca]

@chris I am reading an article on this awhile back and there are lot of complexities surrounding citizenship around the world. One thing that is very problematic is that people can end up completely stateless.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@Chigaze when I was trying to gain my Spanish citizenship I quickly learned that citizenship laws were complicated and confusing and always always subject to change!