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So if you're born in the Antarctica and in a part which does not belong to any country (of the Antarctic Treaty System) , what's your nationality? If you could say you just get the nationality of your parents: What if both of them were born there too? I know it seems unlikely but it is interesting.

30-Aug-2015 23:23:21

Volgograd

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To put it simply, they will be stateless. There are other places in the world where this can occur such as parts of Palestine and Western Sahara.

Your nationality is either defined by your parents or the location you were born, or a combination of the two depending on the state.

The UN are obligated to give all children a nationality in a manner that is in the best interest of the child and so the child that is stateless will end up getting a nationality, most likely the closet part of Antarctica to be owned by a country (UK/Chile/Argentina~).
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31-Aug-2015 00:51:20

Thunder Jinx
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If you're given the nationality of your parents and the parents were born in Antarctica, they would have been given a nationality in the first place too. But as far as I know the only settlements in Antarctica are research centres where nobody lives permanently, so the issue wouldn't arise until the ice melts and it's warm enough for an actual civilisation to live there.
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31-Aug-2015 07:17:36

Winterwolf52
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Volgograd said :
To put it simply, they will be stateless. There are other places in the world where this can occur such as parts of Palestine and Western Sahara.

Your nationality is either defined by your parents or the location you were born, or a combination of the two depending on the state.

The UN are obligated to give all children a nationality in a manner that is in the best interest of the child and so the child that is stateless will end up getting a nationality, most likely the closet part of Antarctica to be owned by a country (UK/Chile/Argentina~).

The more you know!


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02-Sep-2015 14:42:57

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