Why is it in many European countries, your citizenship is not based on being born in said country but by the citizenship of your parents?
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In some countries, it’s based on both – for instance Ireland used to have citizenship by descent for Irish citizens having children while living abroad, and also anyone born on the island of Ireland could claim citizenship. The law was changed in 2005 so that babies born in Ireland to non Irish parents were only entitled to citizenship if a parent had been resident for a certain length of time.
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