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You can quit the gym, join a new golf club and move to a new city, but joining the citizenship club is not a choice; we are governed by the powers that decide who we are and what nation we belong to. Without agreeing to or choosing it, the vast majority of people in the world have their nationality conferred on them by where they were born or their parentage. But what happens if we do question it?

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You can quit the gym, join a new golf club and move to a new city, but joining the citizenship club is not a choice; we are governed by the powers that decide who we are and what nation we belong to. Without agreeing to or choosing it, the vast majority of people in the world have their nationality conferred on them by where they were born or their parentage. But what happens if we do question it?

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    Is citizenship nationality?

    Is citizenship nationality?

    You may think you have a right to your nationality and that the state will protect you, however, we hear from Ruth Barnett, a Jewish refugee, and Moazzam Begg, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, about the stark realities.

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    Transcript -- Is citizenship nationality?

    Transcript -- Is citizenship nationality?

    You may think you have a right to your nationality and that the state will protect you, however, we hear from Ruth Barnett, a Jewish refugee, and Moazzam Begg, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, about the stark realities.

    Perspective: Is citizenship nationality?

    Perspective: Is citizenship nationality?

    In a roundtable discussion about citizenship, our experts discuss nationality from an activism point of view, and a theoretical standpoint.

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    Transcript -- Perspective: Is citizenship nationality?

    Transcript -- Perspective: Is citizenship nationality?

    In a roundtable discussion about citizenship, our experts discuss nationality from an activism point of view, and a theoretical standpoint.

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