Tagged: expatriates

15:26 • 3 months ago

Tina Turner gives up US passport to become Swiss citizen — RT

Tina Turner, a 73-year-old American-born singer whose career has spanned more than half a century, has lived in Switzerland since the mid-1990s and was officially granted citizenship by the Swiss government on Friday.

Translation: Tina Turner thinks Switzerland is simply the best, better than all the rest.

09:59 • 2 years ago

What happens to Libya’s expatriates during a crisis like this?

Tags: eu european union expatriates immigration Libya middle east protests threats 12 • Permalink

issue For years, many Libyans have attempted to leave the country – illegally, mind you – on refugee boats that travel through the Mediterranean. The refugees have mostly headed to Italy.
tactic Before the current crisis, Libya and Italy had a deal where the two countries would intercept them and send them back to Libya to detention centers – which is, um, a human rights violation.
problem People are leaving in larger numbers now – 5,000 in the past week – and Libya has threatened to stop cooperating. So now, the EU is trying to figure out a way to take in the expatriates. source

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