The federal government has approved a bill that will allow the state to revoke Belgian citizenship from people found guilty of serious crimes such as homicide and sexual assault.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260201161801/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2026/01/30/committing-serious-crimes-can-now-lead-to-loss-of-belgian-nation/


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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    If this was the US, this for sure would be applied in a racist way. I don’t have much faith that a European country won’t use it that way too.