Interesting Topic

Interesting Topic

I think your choice of topic is really great and relevant now more than ever. I think it might be helpful/interesting to add a section on statelessness and global warming. As global warming continues to become more and more severe and sea levels then continue to rise, it is inevitable that certain countries (island nations) will one day disappear (be under water). If/when that happens, citizens would have to migrate elsewhere, but with no country to return to/exist, what would that mean for citizenship?

I am wondering if this phenomenon about statelessness induced by global warming would be a new form of statelessness (or factor contributing to it)? Is this already a reality?

Great post so far! Hope this might be of use.

BeatriceHenshaw (talk)05:11, 23 July 2018

I think Beatrice's idea is great! If it can be accommodated that would be a fantastic subtopic.

Overall, I think the original article is very good summary of an under-discussed topic. Because this is something that I -and I believe many others- don't know a lot about, I would suggest incorporating additional examples because the ones you do have are very helpful.

In your article, you mentioned how the lack of passports and government documents inhibits ones ability to travel and immigrate. Not having a passport doesn't mean you're a citizen of course, I personally know of a lot of people that don't renew their passports. Do you think there would be a positive impact if governments reduced the procedural barriers and financial costs of obtaining a passport?

BoscoLam (talk)05:03, 26 July 2018