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Australian Citizenship Act (2007) ss 13, 16; Citizenship Act
(1997) ss 6(1), (3), 7(1) (New Zealand); Citizenship Act
(2004) ss 6–7 (Samoa); see Citizenship Amendment Bill
(2016) s 2 (amending s 7 of the Citizenship Act (2004) s
7(1)).
Citizenship Act (2004) ss 7(1) (Samoa); Citizenship
Amendment Bill (2016) s 2 (amending s 7 of the Citizenship
Act (2004) s 7(1)); Citizenship Act (1997) ss 7(1), 6(1) (New
Zealand).
Citizenship of Fiji Decree (2009) s 6; The Constitution of
Kiribati (1979) s 25(1); Marshall Islands Constitution (1979)
article XI(1)(2); The Constitution of Tuvalu (2008) s 45(1)–
(2).
Citizenship of Fiji Decree (2009) s 6; The Constitution of
Tuvalu (2008) s 45(1), (3).
Marshall Islands Constitution (1979) article XI(1)(2).
Citizenship of Fiji Decree (2009) s 8; Marshall Islands
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(2008) s 45(2).
The Constitution of Kiribati (1979) s 25(1).
Ibid, s 25(2).
See Anna Dziedzic, ‘Comparative Regional Report on
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citing the Naoero Citizenship Act (2017) s 13; Citizenship
Act (2018) (Solomon Islands); Citizenship (Amendment) Act
No. 40 of (2014) (Vanuatu).
UNHCR, ‘Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2021’
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Ibid, Table 5; UNHCR, ‘Global Trends: Forced
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See ‘Statelessness and Climate Change’ section.
Susin Park, ‘Climate Change and the Risk of Statelessness:
The Situation of Low-lying Island States’ (UNHCR, 2011)
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