2020 Statelessness & Citizenship Review 2(2) the question of national incorporation is a much wider state practice that extends far beyond this case. 31 Indeed, temporary citizenship statuses have become increasingly widespread for refugees in Europe over recent years. 32 Legal status rather than time residing in the country, it follows, is what counts for purposes of naturalisation. Elsewhere, as Lori establishes, ‘heightened state efforts to enforce citizen/noncitizen distinctions [are] increasing the risks of precarious citizenship … to create a proliferation of statelessness globally’. 33 Although the UAE is an extreme example, it reflects the growing threat of ambiguous citizenship, where individuals affected may find themselves on vulnerable legal ground. The case of the Indian state producing potential non-citizens out of 1.9 million people in its eastern Assam province is another prime example, where a form of statelessness is arguably experienced even before it officially comes into effect. 34 With her book, Lori thus convincingly challenges the neat binary of citizens and aliens, highlighting the ambiguities and ambivalences that can exist within the grey area — or areas — between the two. 31 32 33 34 ibid 19–20. Jason Tucker, ‘The Indefinite Statelessness of Refugees in Denmark and Sweden: Comparing the Impacts of the Temporary Asylum Laws’ (2017) 17(8) MIM Working Paper Series 1, 13– 14, 18–20 <https://www.mah.se/upload/Forskningscentrum/MIM/Publications/WPS%2017.8%20%20Jason%20Tucker.pdf>. Lori (n 1) 38. Anubhav Dutt Tiwari, ‘Experiencing the Anticipation of Statelessness — A South Asian Perspective of Mass Exclusion from Citizenship’, Critical Statelessness Studies Blog (Blog Post, August 2020) <https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/statelessness/critical-statelessnessstudies-blog/experiencing-the-anticipation-of-statelessness-a-south-asian-perspective-ofmass-exclusion-from-citizenship>. 360