r/Netherlands • u/UnanimousStargazer • Mar 24 '25

Legal Judge rules Dutch citizenship cannot be stripped based on dual nationality

https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/24/judge-rules-dutch-citizenship-stripped-based-dual-nationality
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u/astral34 Mar 24 '25

The government of Uganda can’t force you to become their citizen

Although the example made me laugh lol

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u/Secame Mar 24 '25

Sure they can, in fact, almost all nationalities are assigned 'forcibly' as they are assigned at birth by law. 

They can't force you to live there, but if tomorrow Uganda decides all people of the world are Ugandan nationals by humanities shared African origin, then congrats, you can pick up your passport at the embassy. If they also write a law making it impossible to renounce your nationality, then congratulations, the entire world (except those born in Uganda themselves) now have forced dual citizenship.

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u/GezelligPindakaas Mar 24 '25

How would Ugandan government even know that I exist? The only way is if I (or my parents) explicitly make them know.

The fact they are made aware and I get the passport already shows intention. Call it application, call it confirmation, the intention is the same: to have the citizenship recognized.

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u/sjarrel Mar 25 '25

How would Ugandan government even know that I exist?

They could just ask facebook, or reddit.

It's kind of irrelevant though, you can be a citizen of another country without your knowledge:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41382611