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========== In early 2016, following terror attacks in
Paris, the French Justice Minister resigned.She had opposed a proposal to strip French
nationals of their citizenship if convictedof terrorism. This amendment faced criticism,
suggesting it would discriminate and not likelydeter terrorists. In fact, stripping a person
of citizenship is a rare occurrence in manyparts of the world. So, what does it actually
take to lose your citizenship?Well, in most of the world, you are either
granted citizenship upon birth, or you cannaturalize after immigration. It is almost
always easier for naturalized citizens tolose citizenship than for those who are born
into it. However, in both cases, there arevery few offenses serious enough to warrant
revocation, outside of voluntarily renouncingyour o...