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Ukraine halts passport services for men living abroad – DW
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https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-halts-passport-services-for-men-living-abroad/a-68923603
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That was his reaction to a statement from Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announcing that male citizens of military age who currently live outside Ukraine will no longer have access to full consular services.
The measure, which is related to a recently passed law to increase mobilization, aims to force Ukrainian men to return to their home country.
“It’s unclear how this is supposed to proceed in a foreign country and which papers will need to be presented,” said Kyiv-based lawyer Hanna Ishchenko, adding that the government has yet to provide these details.
The only thing that is clear, she explained, is that the law applies across the board to all male citizens, including those who left Ukraine in 2022 following Russia’s invasion of the country — and those who have been living abroad since birth.
He also believes people may apply for passports in other countries, either by obtaining refugee status or through other methods, in order to extract themselves from their “uncomfortable” Ukrainian citizenship.
Bohdan doesn’t believe that penalizing men who fail to register with the military will motivate them to return home when they purposefully left Ukraine after the war had already started in the first place.
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