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Australia's bid to strip Islamic State recruiter's citizenship hits snag
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JANUARY 1, 2019 / 5:01 AM / UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO
Australia's bid to strip Islamic State recruiter's citizenship hits snag
Alison Bevege
3 MIN READ
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s attempt to strip citizenship from an alleged recruiter for Islamic State has been thrown into doubt after Fiji reportedly said he was not one of its citizens.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said on Saturday that the country was much safer after the government revoked Neil Prakash’s Australian citizenship.
Canberra believes Prakash — who is wanted over an alleged plot to behead a Melbourne police officer — is a dual national as his father was Fijian.
A person with such dual status can be stripped of their Australian citizenship if they engage in terrorism-related conduct, and Islamic State was declared a terrorist organization in 2016 for this purpose.
The government cannot revoke single Australian citizenship as that would leave a person stateless.
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Australia's bid to strip Islamic State recruiter's citizenship hits snag
Alison Bevege
3 MIN READ
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s attempt to strip citizenship from an alleged recruiter for Islamic State has been thrown into doubt after Fiji reportedly said he was not one of its citizens.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said on Saturday that the country was much safer after the government revoked Neil Prakash’s Australian citizenship.
Canberra believes Prakash — who is wanted over an alleged plot to behead a Melbourne police officer — is a dual national as his father was Fijian.
A person with such dual status can be stripped of their Australian citizenship if they engage in terrorism-related conduct, and Islamic State was declared a terrorist organization in 2016 for this purpose.
The government cannot revoke single Australian citizenship as that would leave a person stateless.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-australia-recruiter/australias-bid-to-strip-islamic-state-recruiters-citizenship-hits-snag-idUSKCN1OV1EX
