Ayelet Shachar quoted in"Passports… for a price"

February 13, 2012

For decades, the two-island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis exported sugarcane to keep its economy afloat. When sugar prices fell, St. Kitts began to sell an even sweeter commodity: its citizenship.

Article by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Reuters

Published Monday, February 13, 2012

“”The idea that someone can gain fast-tracked citizenship in a country they have no ties to based on a wire transfer of funds or cash is a far cry from the vision of equal and participatory membership in a political community that is still reflected in many citizenship and naturalization laws,” says Ayelet Shachar, a professor of law, political science and global affairs at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law.”

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