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CITIZENSHIP IN
GLOBALIZING WORLD

Problems And Solutions for

Citizenship & Migration

Name: Isha Khobragade

Roll.no.: 488
Class: 3 A
INTRODUCTION
A Citizen is a person that is a member of a community, state or a nation that has rights &
liberties, privileges & responsibilities.
Citizenship is a legal status that implies a relationship between a government & an individual
that entails rights, privileges, etc.
Naturalization: The process in which a foreigner gains citizenship in a nation.
Citizenship is a scenario of belonging to a specific country. If you have citizenship in a
country, you have right to live, work, vote, pay taxes and access other rights in that country.
A Citizen is a responsible member of the nation, other word for citizenship is nationality.
Since citizen is an important matter in international dealings, a person is not allowed to
acquire in multiple citizenship at a time by majority of the countries in the world.

Need For Citizenship

Personal identity and a sense of belonging to a country are an important for every individual
when we look at things from a global perspective, there are privileges offered by the country
such as legal protection and social service which support the citizens to take part in one
nation’s administration. The country takes care of you if your area is hit by flood or an
earthquake, being a part of nation can lead to collective happiness and a sense of well-being.
Citizens share some social characteristics such as culture, language, religion or a common
history, this shared heritage or shared history promote nationality and integrity.

PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP AND MIGRATION

Citizenship can be defined as a status of full and equal membership in a political community
that includes rights and obligations and is aided by certain ethics. In narrow sense, citizenship
can be defined as nationality that means legal relationship of a person with states.
International migration creates a discrepancy between territory and citizenship in following
ways:
I) Emigrants who leave their country and settle in another.
II) Immigrants who come to live in foreign country.
This double unsuitability creates two kinds of problems:
1) Which rights and obligations states can allocate to their emigrants without interfering
with the host state’s territorial sovereignty. ‘External citizenship’ includes negligible
right to diplomatic protection and to be readmitted to the state of one’s citizenship. At
times, it also includes voting rights that can be exercised from abroad or compulsion
to do military service in the home country.
 2) Presence of foreign immigrants in a state’s territory generates another set of problems
that linked with liberal and democratic legitimacy of political authority.
In a liberal sense, government is responsible to guarantee equal freedom and protection for
foreign immigrants by sending states is not adequate when immigrants face erratic rules and
regulations that disadvantaged them in receiving country.
Settlement to this problem have been included in liberal democracies: historical advantage of
citizenship has been detached from nationality by redefining them as universal human rights
either linking them to providing habitation or jobs.
Democratic problem of legitimacy is the most important excepted franchise. Foreign citizens
are fully subjected to the law enactment of their territory of residence, still they do not
represent in the process of law enactment. There are two settlements for this problem is to
favour, encourage and make possible to acquire citizenship through birth or naturalization in
the country, the fewer frequently selected route is to introduce voting rights to foreign
inhabitant.

FOR EXAMPLE:

Ireland
One year of residence in Ireland, along with four additional years of cumulative residency
over the eight years before the one year, is required to qualify for naturalisation.
If you have enough proof of Irish heritage or other connections to Ireland, the Irish
government might even be open to waiving some of the residency time requirements. You
might be possible to obtain Irish citizenship based on your heritage if you happen to have a
verifiable Irish grandmother.
Irish law does allow for dual citizenship. Remember that becoming a citizen does not
automatically exempt you from the responsibilities of citizenship in another country (for
example, paying taxes in both homelands).

Singapore is a location with lax immigration laws

Singapore has a lax immigration policy, making it home to those who meet the requirements
and provide the required paperwork. This nation, which is frequently referred to as the
Switzerland of Asia, has a robust economy and provides job opportunities for both students
and business owners. Singapore is a fantastic location for foreign investors and offers a great
chance to access other Asian markets because of its connectivity with other nations. The
nation offers a world-class education system, a pleasant climate, and a high standard of living
in addition to growth potential. Foreigners are warmly welcomed to Singapore's friendly and
healthy environment, where there is little of a language barrier.
Most Immigration Friendly Country is Canada
The United Nations has recognised Canada as having the highest quality of life, and it is also
regarded as being the most welcoming to immigrants. International immigrants are welcome
in Canada. The ideal location for anyone thinking about moving to an English-speaking
nation that offers comfort, safety, and a high level of living.
Canada provides newcomers with a simple way to apply and immigrate to its shores because
to its liberal immigration policy. Students, job seekers, and aspirant business owners
frequently choose Canada as their travel destination. The Canadian government is constantly
updating its immigration policies in order to welcome immigrants and their contribution to
the economic development of the nation.

WHY MIGRANTS SHOULD PROVIDE CITIZENSHIP

We need to investigate why immigrants' formal inclusion is less secure than that of other formerly
marginalised groups like workers or women. One of the causes of this is citizenship is about more
than only liberal, universalism, and democracy, but it's also about belonging to a specific polity.
Immigration is different from other population segments that had been omitted due to Class,
gender, colour, and religion are all factors, but the latter are not seen as having allegiance to and
belonging to a distinct polity sovereign. Despite the possibility that universalistic moral and political
ideals of justice when it comes to inclusive citizenship, be sufficient to make the case for comprising
migrants. These arguments go through additional particularistic filters and perceptions. A strong
political majority for Inclusion is only possible in civilizations that not only welcome immigrants but
also those sending them create a group identity that encourages this inclusion. The predominant
conversation centres on immigrants' assimilation, where the two parties disagree over whether this
is a matter of duty for migrants or rights for migrants. Advocates of rights-based integration hardly
ever inquire about how societies must perceive so that they can acknowledge the right of
immigrants to assimilate.