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	Countries with Flawed Democracies - dKosopedia
		Germany (Germany denies citizenship and hence voting rights to large numbers of "foreigners" such as those of Turkish ancestry, even when their families have resided in Germany for generations).
		Switzerland (Almost one in five residents of Switzerland do not have citizenship rights as they are viewed as "foreigners"; Switzerland is unique in the world in requiring all citizenship applications to be approved by popular vote in much of the country, resulting in significant barriers to citizenship).
		Fiji (After a mass uprising Native Fijians formally denied the franchise to a near majority South Asian population, despite the fact that they previously had full democratic rights).
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Countries_with_Flawed_Democracies (537 words)

	HRI/CORE/1/Add.76 - Core Document - Fiji
		I. Fiji is centrally located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between the equator and the South Pole, and between longitudes 175° west and 175° east and latitudes 15° and 22° south.
		Citizenship of Fiji is acquired by birth, descent, naturalization or registration, one of the main provisions of naturalization being that applicants receive the Prime Minister's consent.
		Fiji is a sovereign democratic State and has a bicameral parliament consisting of a President, an elected House of Representatives, and a nominated Senate.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2000/documentation/coredocs/hri-core-1-add76.htm (1442 words)

	FIJI - Constitution Amendment Act 1997 - CHAPTER 3 Citizenship
		An infant found abandoned in Fiji is deemed to have been born in Fiji, in the absence of proof to the contrary.
		(2) A citizen of the State who, while a minor, acquires the citizenship of another country forfeits his or her citizenship of the State at the age of 22 unless, after reaching the age of 21 and before reaching the age of 22, he or she renounces the other citizenship.
		(c) a person born in Fiji in the period that began on 25 July 1990 and ended on the date of commencement of this Constitution is taken to have become a citizen on the date of birth if he or she would otherwise be stateless.
	www.unescap.org /esid/psis/population/database/poplaws/law_fiji/fiji_004_3.htm (955 words)

	History of Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anote Tong, London School of Economics graduate, won on 4th July 2003, and was sworn in as president soon afterward.
		Because Banaba was devastated by phosphate mining, the vast majority of Banabans moved to the island of Rabi in the Fiji Islands in the 1940s.
		The Kiribati Government has responded by including several special provisions in the Constitution, such as the designation of a Banaban seat in the legislature and the return of land previously acquired by the government for phosphate mining.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Kiribati (634 words)

	AFTER 125 YEARS, FIJI’S INDO-FIJIANS IN RETREAT - May 5, 2004
		A majority of Fiji Indians are the descendants of the indentured laborer, who were brought to Fiji as contract workers to develop the colonial sugar economy.
		Demands for a common roll by the Indian leaders in Fiji in the late 1920s were viewed by the colonial authorities as a serious challenge to European dominance, inspired primarily by Indian nationalists, who saw exploitation of Indian labor for colonial economy no wit inferior to slavery.
		Fiji's land and climate was well suited for the establishment of sugar estates and in 1872 the sugar industry was formed.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2004/May/05-05-ana.htm (4231 words)

	Final Report on Fiji Bone Search II
		Hoodless is much respected and loved for his long and successful labors in Fiji, first as a mathematics teacher and later as the "one man responsible for most of the teaching and all of the administration and discipline" at CMS.
		The offices of the WPHC were closed in Fiji and Central Archives were founded under Dorothy Crozier in Suva to hold pre-1920 material; she selected materials from the collection for the Kingdom of Tonga, the Pitcairn Islands Colony, and the Consul-General for the Western Pacific.
		Fiji and Tonga became independent in 1970; that same year, the Central Archives were dissolved and Pitcairn was placed under the jurisdiction of the High Commissioner in Wellington.
	www.tighar.org /Projects/Earhart/Bulletins/42_FijiBoneSearch.html (6284 words)

	Country 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Citizenship may be revoked upon attempted readoption of previous citizenship or divorce from the citizen spouse.
		CITIZENSHIP: (HCE) Citizenship is based upon the Estonian Law was passed by Riigikogu (the Parliament) on January 19, 1995 with an effective date of April 1, 1995.
		The revisions in the citizenship and naturalization laws are intended to send Germany's foreign residents "a signal that we welcome all those who profess loyalty to our democratic constitutional state as citizens with equal rights," as Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily told the Bundestag in presenting the new legislation.
	www.dss.mil /nf/adr/forpref/country3.htm (6002 words)

	Fiji Judicial Assistance
		The letter rogatory must be transmitted by the court in the U.S. from which it originates or by attorneys(s) to this office for transmittal to the U.S. Embassy in Suva.
		Fiji has never confirmed to the Hague Conference on Private International Law or the Government of the Netherlands whether it considers the Hague Service Convention to apply to Fiji.
		AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS: Fiji and the United States are parties to the Hague Legalization Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents.
	travel.state.gov /law/info/judicial/judicial_645.html (1551 words)

	Dedicated and distinguished in his adopted land - www.smh.com.au
		Usher was perhaps the last of the expatriates who chose to make their lives in colonial Fiji between the wars, and rise to hold positions of prestige well beyond Fiji's independence in 1970, when he took Fiji citizenship.
		Born in Paeroa, New Zealand, and educated at Auckland Grammar and Auckland University, he had arrived in Fiji in February 1930 at the age of 23, as an assistant teacher at Levuka Public School which happens to be within sight of the spot where in 1874, Fiji's chiefs had voluntarily ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria.
		As Fiji Times publisher, and later organising director of the Pacific Islands News Association, and secretary of the Fiji press council, he was inestimably invaluable in encouraging islanders into journalism and overseeing their progress.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/09/18/1063625148498.html (760 words)

	Fiji
		Fiji is a democratic republic based on the parliamentary system with elections every five years.
		The Fiji Visitors Bureau, which has a wide range of information of interest to travelers, can be contacted via the Internet at http://www.bulafiji.com/.
		Fiji is located in an area of high seismic activity.
	travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1114.html (1767 words)

	G.I. Pamphlet Series Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Fiji, for example, has an annual meeting of a “Grand Council of Chiefs,” while American Samoa and Western Samoa each have a Fono or native council to advise on legislative matters.
		The legislative council of Fiji has 17 official members including the governor, 5 nonofficial whites of whom 2 are nominated by the government and 3 elected, 5 Indian members on the same basis, and 5 native Fijians nominated by the government from a list submitted by the Council of Chiefs.
		Fiji has had a vocal if small “Young Fijian Party,” and New Caledonia and other places have had similar stirrings.
	www.historians.org /projects/giroundtable/Pacific/Pacific6.htm (1564 words)

	Kiribati (11/03)
		It is not possible to travel from the Line Islands to the Gilbert Islands by air without traveling via Hawaii and either Fiji or the Marshall Islands.
		The only Kiribati diplomatic missions overseas are a high commission in Fiji and an honorary consulate in Honolulu.
		The U.S. Embassy responsible for Kiribati is located in Suva, Republic of the Fiji Islands.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/k/35118.htm (2036 words)

	High Commission of the Republic of the Fiji Islands to New Zealand - Consulate & Immigration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Section 12(7) of the 1997 Constitution enables the foreign spouse who is or has been married to a Fiji citizen to apply for citizenship of the State provided the foreign spouse has lawfully resided in Fiji for a total of 3 of the 5 years immediately before the application.
		Anyone with a criminal conviction wishing to travel to Fiji is required to seek approval from the Immigration Department to enter Fiji.
		Fruits can be taken into Fiji on the condition that a 'Phyto Santary' Certificate from the Quarantine Office at the NZ airports is submitted to the Quarantine Officer at the Fiji airports.
	www.fiji.org.nz /consulate.htm (1246 words)

	Unit 2: Gender issues in the world of work
		Fiji has ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), notwithstanding the reservations made on the changes of customs (Article 5 (a)) and on the laws related to the citizenship of Fiji (Article 9).
		The suggestion that Fiji's development strategy be re-examined in terms of its relations to gender issues is a proposal about how development strategy should be formulated; it is not a proposal as to what the strategy should be.
		However, any revision of Fiji's employment legislation should be done against the background of a growing consensus that women should be protected on the same basis and the same standards as men.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/region/asro/mdtmanila/training/unit2/ftssxsum.htm (3427 words)

	Migration News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The Fijian government is now inviting Chinese business migrants to come to Fiji to fill the void left by the Indian professionals and entrepreneurs who left.
		The Fijian Cabinet approved a proposal to allow up to 7,000 Chinese businessman and their families from Hong Kong to migrate to Fiji, provided they pay an application fee of $30,000 and invest at least $100,000 in government-approved projects.
		More than 900 work permits have been issued to Chinese nationals since 1987, and the Fiji Trade and Investment Board says there are nearly 60 Chinese running joint ventures in Fiji.
	migration.ucdavis.edu /mn/comments.php?id=578_0_5_0 (286 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		CITIZENSHIP: Citizenship law for the Republic of Fiji is based on the 1997 Federal Constitution.
		Person must have resided in Fiji for a continuous period of 12 months, and over a 10 year period, have resided in Fiji for an aggregate of at least five years.
		For the dual citizenship exception, when foreign citizenship is not renounced before 22nd birthday.
	www.multiplecitizenship.com /wscl/ws_FIJI.html (391 words)

	Children punished by Australian law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Fiji’s constitution recognises citizenship by birth, but doesn’t automatically recognise citizenship by descent for children born outside Fiji.
		It changed to a system of citizenship by descent, where at least one parent is required to be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
		Lomani and Mereani deserve the right to have the country where they were born recognise their right to citizenship if the alternative is to remain stateless.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2004/604/604p11.htm (1440 words)

	The Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony
		Number two, however, is FIJI Water, bottled and shipped around the world by 110 employees working near the small Fijian village of Yaqara, roughly eighty miles north of Suva.
		As part of its efforts to ensure quality employee relations, Natural Waters voluntarily recognized the Fiji Sugar and General Worker's Union and negotiated a collective bargaining agreement with the union to ensure that its employees were guaranteed their full rights under Fiji's labor laws.
		We hope that companies in Fiji and around the world will take note of, and strive to emulate, Natural Waters' ability to make a profit while also contributing in so many ways to the people of the Yaqara region and to Fiji as a whole.
	www.state.gov /e/eb/rls/rm/37548.htm (545 words)

	Country 3
		Those seeking the renunciation of citizenship must have proof of new citizenship and males must also have completed their military service.
		CITIZENSHIP: (HCE) Citizenship is based upon the Estonian Law on Citizenship, dated 1938 and resolutions of the Estonian Supreme Council, dated November 6, 1991 and March 6, 1993.
		A Ghanian citizen who marries a foreign national and is required to renounce Ghanian citizenship may regain it upon the dissolution of the marriage.
	www.smdc.army.mil /ADR/forpref/country3.htm (5680 words)

	Parliament of Fiji
		(a) Citizenship is granted under section 12 of the Constitution, that is citizenship by registration or under section 13 of the Constitution, citizenship by naturalisation.
		For the first part, citizenship granted under section 12 of the Constitution, that is citizenship by registration, I beg to read out the consolidated figures for the years 1998 to 2003.
		Speaker, Sir, in certain circumstances, children of Fiji born citizens (in particular offsprings of British Army soldiers serving overseas), come back and ask for their children who are born either in Germany, Falkland Islands or Britain to be registered.
	www.parliament.gov.fj /hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=255&viewtype=full (2163 words)

	Fiji Government, Fiji
		The military government revoked the constitution and declared Fiji a republic on October 10.
		This action, coupled with protests by the Government of India, led to Fiji's expulsion from the Commonwealth of Nations and official nonrecognition of the Rabuka regime from foreign governments, including Australia and New Zealand.
		A variety of opinions, including criticism of the Government, were heard in all major media outlets.
	creekin.net /k10245-n65-fiji-government-fiji.html (874 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Fiji court defers decision on deportation of girl to China
		Fiji's High Court has deferred a decision on a request to prevent a Fiji-born girl from being deported to China.
		Hsu is the daughter of a Chinese national who was deported from Fiji after her citizenship request was denied.
		Fiji Live reports a lawyer acting for the girl will make a submission to the court on May 3.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1351678.htm (259 words)

	Vosanibola Welcomes Courts Decision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		High Court Judge Justice Filimoni Jitoko today said the 11 year old will be in the custody of the Director of Social Welfare until a judicial review of the Immigration Act is carried out based on the application made by Wei Wei.
		In closed court today, Justice Filimoni Jitoko, ruled that Wei Wei may stay for the moment as she has a Fiji passport and there are certain issues within the constitution which need to be clarified.
		The 11 year old on the other hand is currently trying to get Fiji citizenship.
	www.fijivillage.com /artman/publish/article_19786.shtml (220 words)

	19/1/2005 - Exemption to Rabi Islanders for citizenship application - Fiji Government Online
		Mr Vosanibola said that the Rabi Islanders (Banabans) came to Fiji on the understanding and sanction of the Colonial Government and the Kiribati Government.
		The second batch came to Fiji during the period 1975 to 1977.
		Cabinet has also decided that any Rabi Islander that lodges his/her application for citizenship by naturalisation after the specified period will be required to meet the usual conditions for such application.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/page_3936.shtml (319 words)

	eTurboNews l Uproar over Fiji Airport Detention
		Nadi Airport authorities in Fiji are finding themselves under major scrutiny for detaining a Pakistani national in an immigration office at the airport for more than nine days without proper ventilation, food, water, a bath or a decent place to sleep.
		Airport Fiji Limited chief executive officer Sakiusa Tuisolia told The Fiji Times that after 24 hours, detainees should either be referred to police or put back on a plane to where they came from.
		Tuisolia was referring to the detaining of a Pakistani national in an immigration office at the airport for more than nine days without proper ventilation, food, water, a bath or a decent place to sleep.
	www.travelwirenews.com /eTN/11MAY2005.htm (4786 words)

	fiji
		The Republic of the Fiji Islands is a sovereign, democratic state.
		Although religion and the State are separate, the people of the Fiji Islands acknowledge that worship and reverence of God are the source of good government and leadership.
		(e) provides for the removal from Fiji of a person who is not a citizen for the purpose of enabling the person to serve a sentence of imprisonment in the person's own country in relation to a criminal offence of which he or she has been convicted in Fiji; or
	www.dredf.org /international/fiji.html (18984 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Children under 21 years who obtained citizenship after being resident for three years in the country included 19 in 1999, seven in 2000 and 109 in 2001.
		Adults who had married a Fiji citizen and then qualified for citizenship included 29 in 1999; 31 in 2000, and 65 in 2001.
		Only three adults who were former Fiji citizens came back and claimed their citizenship in 1999.
	www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de /oasien/china/service/bbc/020515.txt (12507 words)

	Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - TUVALU: Kioa islanders seeking Fiji citizenship
		Hundreds of Tuvalu migrants on Fiji's Kioa island have asked the Prime Minister to grant them Fiji citizenship.
		These are the overstayers and having a total of just about closer to 100 or over 100 people leaving now, overstaying in Fiji particular on the island of Kioa, it creates a problem with us leaders.
		KISAMY: "The fortunate part about it, because when their children were born in Fiji they were registered and these are the lucky ones because they grew up now, they can work in Fiji."
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacbeat/stories/s1207685.htm (650 words)

	ViewsWire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Political tensions between the Fijian-nationalist-dominated government, led by the prime minister, Laisenia Qarase, and the leader of the ethnic-Indian-dominated Fiji Labour Party, Mahendra Chaudhry, are rising ahead of the next general election, which is formally due by September 2006.
		Real GDP growth is likely to slow sharply in 2005-06, mainly reflecting a decline in the garment industry, although the impact will be partly offset by the continued expansion of the tourism industry.
		Nov 7th 2005 – Fiji economy: Poverty on the rise
	viewswire.com /index.asp?layout=VWcountryVW3&country_id=1390000339 (198 words)

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