Multiple citizenship will help people abroad feel that they are still Ukrainians – Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukrainians abroad not to renounce their citizenship, since multiple citizenship is an option.

Source: Zelenskyy at his end-of-year press conference on 19 December

Quote: "I was talking about multiple citizenship even before the start of the full-scale war - it was in our [government] programme. I really think it’s normal, and I think there are actually 60 million Ukrainians worldwide.

Not all of them have to live in Ukraine. They have their origins and their families - some were born in Canada and the US. But we must give them the opportunity to support Ukraine, to feel that they are Ukrainians, to help, to open businesses here, pay taxes etc. All this will definitely benefit Ukraine."

Details: Zelenskyy also called upon women who are employed abroad and have children not to renounce Ukrainian citizenship, since multiple citizenship is an option.

Zelenskyy also commented on the return of Ukrainian refugees.

Quote: "We must protect all Ukrainian citizens. I think most people will come [back] as soon as the air defence is strengthened. A lot of people will come [back], I don’t know whether the majority will. It’s hard to say, because people have jobs there, their children are at school and so on. Another factor it will depend on is a reduction in the support that European countries provide for refugees."

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