Comments on: Arabian Business: “So why have dozens of Gulf residents, including royal family members, said they are ready to sign up for the scheme to get citizenship of a small island state 80km south of Sicily and 333km north of Libya?” https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sun, 09 Feb 2014 21:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Beingpressed https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1555951 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 21:37:57 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1555951 In reply to Gahan.

Correct, I couldn’t agree with you more.

I still can’t see why the Chinese or Russians would be so desperate for a passport. London is full of foreigners who live there on a residence visa. Why is Abramlovich there, amongst others? Because it benefits everyone.

The only people going to be buying Maltese passports are the same type of people who bought passports after the Second World War and ended up in places like Argentina and Brazil.

]]> By: Gaetano Pace https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1555536 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:48:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1555536 In reply to Gahan.

Try getting information about a Swede from any private or public office in Sweden, and you would come to know the true meaning of DATA PROTECTION in practice.

]]> By: bob-a-job https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1555194 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 11:21:18 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1555194 In reply to winston psaila.

And one for the Police Force.

They also serve who only stand and wait – John Milton

]]> By: Rumplestiltskin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1554049 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:08:41 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1554049 In reply to Eric le Rouge.

Ironically, he would have been slapped into jail during our PM’s idol, Mintoff’s, reign under the infamous law of ‘indhil barrani.’

]]> By: Rumplestiltskin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1554046 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:03:43 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1554046 In reply to Josette.

I believe that even Canada, under the new regulations, may be contemplating withdrawing citizenship from those ‘new’ citizens who become involved in terrorist or similar activities.

]]> By: unhappy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1553949 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 16:48:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1553949 In reply to Toni Bajada.

He is a Quebec Canadian, previously employed by HSBC Vancouver, redundant when Canada stopped its investor program in 2012.

]]> By: observer https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1553905 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 16:07:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1553905 In reply to Fido.

“Chi bolla, sbolla” they say in Italian.

“Min jorbot jista’ jholl” nghidu bil-Malti.

]]> By: Angus Black https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1553893 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 15:58:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1553893 In reply to Conservative.

And not be allowed into their own country? One would think that the Chinese government will not look too kindly at those who renounce their Chinese citizenship amounting to a snub at their ‘former’ government and Communist Party!

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1553870 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 15:34:03 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1553870 In reply to Guru.

Dual citizenship is a grey area in China.

]]> By: Claude Sciberras https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/arabian-business-so-why-have-dozens-of-gulf-residents-including-royal-family-members-said-they-are-ready-to-sign-up-for-the-scheme-to-get-citizenship-of-a-small-island-state-80km-south-of-sicily/#comment-1553866 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 15:32:14 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44078#comment-1553866 In reply to Toni Bajada.

His country does not sell passports because they do not have a “visionary Leader who understands globalization”.

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