“Suggesting that someone should be stripped of citizenship for something they posted on social media, however bad, is authoritarian overreach of the worst kind and a deeply dangerous step. In a country governed by the rule of law, politicians should not have the power to strip the legal rights of whomever they choose,” said Reprieve’s Deputy CEO Dan Dolan.
“That this alarming idea is even being suggested shows how extreme the UK’s citizenship stripping powers are, and how vague the ‘public good’ test.
“The UK’s citizenship deprivation regime is inherently racist: it discriminates against British citizens with foreign heritage, leaving 3 out of 5 people of colour at risk of being stripped.”
Reprieve and the Runnymede Trust recently published this report about the UK’s citizenship deprivation regime. It showed that up to nine million people are vulnerable to having their citizenship stripped, and that people of colour are twelve times more likely to be at risk than white people.
The above quote was picked up by the Guardian, Middle East Eye and the Morning Star.
