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  2. List of sovereign states by immigrant and emigrant population

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    These are lists of countries by foreign-born population and lists of countries by number native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).. According to the United Nations, in 2019, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia and France had the largest number of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest.

  3. Jus soli - Wikipedia

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    Also commonly referred to as birthright citizenship in some Anglophone countries, it is a rule defining a person's nationality based on their birth in the territory of the country. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Jus soli was part of the English common law , in contrast to jus sanguinis ('right of blood'), which derives from the Roman law that influenced the ...

  4. Nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Uniquely, citizenship of the Vatican City is jus officii, namely on the grounds of appointment to work in a certain capacity in the service of the Holy See. It usually ceases upon cessation of the appointment. Citizenship is also extended to the spouse and children of a citizen, provided they are living together in the city. [8]

  5. Explainer-What is US birthright citizenship and can ... - AOL

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    The main birthright citizenship case is from 1898, when the Supreme Court ruled that the son of lawful immigrants from China was a U.S. citizen by virtue of his birth in 1873 in San Francisco.

  6. Jus sanguinis - Wikipedia

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    Jus sanguinis (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ s / juss SANG-gwin-iss [1] or / j uː s-/ yooss -⁠, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents.

  7. Natural-born-citizen clause - Wikipedia

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    Many countries specify citizenship since birth as a requirement to hold certain offices. This is often described using the natural born phraseology and sometimes further qualified as requiring physical birth within the country's territory ( jus soli ) and/or requiring that one or both natural parents be a citizen of the country at the time of ...

  8. Citizenship of the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is possible for a United States citizen to have dual citizenship; this can be achieved in various ways, such as by birth in the United States to a parent who is a citizen of a foreign country (or in certain circumstances the foreign nationality may be transmitted even by a grandparent) by birth in another country to a parent(s) who is/are a ...

  9. Birthright citizenship - Wikipedia

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    Birthright citizenship may refer to: . Jus soli (the right of the soil or the land), a Latin term meaning that one's nationality is determined by the place of one's birth; Jus sanguinis (the right of blood), a Latin term meaning that one may acquire nationality of a state at birth if either or both of their parents have citizenship of that state