10 Facts About Denaturalization

Denaturalization is the loss of citizenship against the will of the person concerned.

Denaturalization is often applied to ethnic minorities and political dissidents.

Denaturalization can be a penalty for actions considered criminal by the state, often only for errors in the naturalization process such as fraud.

Denaturalization is the case in which citizenship or nationality is revoked by the state against the wishes of the citizen.

Denaturalization can be considered a new form of the ancient custom of banishment, which decreased in use after the establishment of prisons and the reduction in territory considered terra nullius.

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Denaturalization is often justified on grounds such as: citizenship as a privilege that can be revoked at any time by the government; "those whose actions demonstrate disloyalty forfeit citizenship through those actions; terrorists do not deserve citizenship; citizenship is devalued when undeserving people hold citizenship, and its value is enhanced by stripping it from undeserving citizens".

Denaturalization is therefore accompanied by discourse of securitization and the belief that threats to security come from outside of the nation.

Denaturalization's was deported to Finland— bound for the Soviet Union—amongst a group of over 200 "aliens" in 1920.

Denaturalization is sometimes used against people accused of terrorism or taking up arms on behalf of another state.

Denaturalization resulting in statelessness is contrary to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, unless the state filed a declaration at the time of ratification.