Ukraine’s parliament passes bill allowing dual citizenship to motivate people to come back home
The bill allowing dual citizenship in Kyiv’s attempt to motivate Ukrainians to return to their home country must now be signed by the president, which is expected to be a mere formality, before entering into force,
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00:00In an attempt to motivate people to come back home, Ukraine is allowing multiple citizenship for the first time ever in the country's history.
00:09The parliament in Kyiv, Verhovna Rada, decided in a bill passed on Wednesday.
00:13Oleksiy Chernyshov, Ukraine's vice prime minister and minister for national unity, says it is a crucial step to motivate the Ukrainians to come back home.
00:20Not only those who left after Russia's all-out war in 2022, but also those who had to leave Ukraine when Russia first invaded in 2014.
00:30There are Ukrainians who stepped into the citizenship of other countries, and we want to continue their Ukrainian identity to give this opportunity to them.
00:39Within the current setting, there was only one choice of Ukrainian passport, so now our citizens have the solution.
00:48Chernyshov told Euronews that Kyiv expects a third of those who left Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in early 2022 to come back once the peace solution is reached.
01:01I heard it from many ministers of European Union countries, and they value a lot Ukrainian presence.
01:09That is why we will also have to compete among the labor markets and to provide better conditions.
01:16That is why I am so keen on economic development and future increase of this component in Ukraine.
