Crisis of identity: Of passports and compatriotism
FirstpostIn ancient times, passports were quite simply letters of identification for safe passage across domains, permitting people to cross borders without any harm. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain have the most powerful passports in the world and citizens of these countries may travel to 194 destinations visa free. The Americans mostly use US birth as establishing identity, the Germans used bloodline till recently, the French, an acceptance of the French way of life, the British, well, this is a difficult one, maybe one’s accent when speaking English, but even this may be fraying at the edges in today’s times. Many countries in the world, including the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and even our neighbour Pakistan allow dual citizenship. Quite apart from holders of dual passports, many people live in more than one country, marry people from other countries, possibly own property in more than one country, or share a common heritage from several countries.
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