Agreed PolicyNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Naturalization
The normal route requires around fifteen years of lawful residence before an application may be made, with demanding assimilation requirements.
Policy catalogueNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Agreed PolicyRevocation of Naturalized Citizenship
Naturalized citizenship may be revoked judicially in exceptionally serious cases such as fraudulent naturalization, treason or terrorism.
Position
Naturalized citizenship may be revoked in exceptionally serious circumstances, such as fraudulent naturalization, treason, terrorism or other narrowly defined conduct gravely prejudicial to the state.
Policy
- Revocation must follow a judicial process.
- Grounds must be defined by statute rather than vague executive discretion.
- A high evidentiary standard and a right of appeal are required.
- Fraud in the naturalization process is a direct ground for revocation.
- Treason and terrorism may justify revocation.
- Restore Europe favours the possibility of revocation in exceptionally grave cases even where statelessness might result.
Implementation note
Implementation note
International and European law place substantial restrictions on rendering a person stateless, and removal normally requires a receiving state legally able and willing to admit the person. This belongs to the constitutional order Restore Europe seeks, and would require treaty or constitutional change.
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- Agreed PolicyNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Citizenship: General Principle
Citizenship is membership of a historical political community rather than a function of residence, and Restore Europe rejects automatic territorial birthright citizenship as a general rule.
- Agreed PolicyGovernment, Justice and Public Order
Prisons, Punishment and Rehabilitation
Proportionate punishment, protection of society, restitution where possible, and serious rehabilitation aimed at repentance and reintegration.
Every question in this catalogue carries a position. Entries marked Derived follow the direction of the manifesto without their implementation being fixed, and several name the legal or treaty change they would require. Positions are revised as the movement decides; the version and date above say which text you are reading.