Citizenship

Posted at 0:52 2 Sep

'I won't die before I prove who I am'

(L-R) Suchandra Goswami, Chandradhar Das and Ajit Das

Some 1,000 people are in detention centres in India's Assam state after being declared foreigners.

Posted at 18:34 22 Aug

'They took my daughter's British nationality'

Mother whose child's passport renewal was rejected by error hits out at Home Office

A mother whose child's passport renewal was rejected because of an error has hit out at the Home Office.

Posted at 18:02 22 Aug

Child passport renewal error hits hundreds

Anna Meisel

BBC File on 4

The 10-year-old error affects children born in the UK to parents from eight EU countries.

Posted at 11:14 18 Aug

No handshake, no Swiss citizenship

Officials cite a Muslim couple's refusal to shake hands with the opposite sex in their interview.

Posted at 0:55 8 Aug

Will India really deport four million people?

A woman with her baby waits in queue to verify her name on National Register of Citizens draft in Assam on 30 July 2018.

All of them have been declared foreigners as part of a drive to identify illegal immigrants.

Posted at 14:11 3 Aug

Swiss vote for relaxed citizenship laws

A woman votes in Obersaxen, Switzerland (12 Feb)

The new law will make it easier for third-generation immigrants to become citizens.

Posted at 12:55 3 Aug

India citizens register 'not about Muslims'

Critics argue that the move could prompt a witch hunt against ethnic minorities in the state.

Posted at 19:14 30 Jul

I was 'disqualified from Indian citizenship'

'I was amused but it was no matter to laugh'

About four million people in India's Assam state have been excluded from a draft list of citizens - meaning their citizenship has effectively been stripped. One of those affected is Kishalay Bhattacharjee, who originally couldn't find his or his daughter's names on the list.

(Photo: People wait in queue to check their names on the draft list in Assam state. Credit: Reuters)

Posted at 13:07 30 Jul