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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Because that is what some countries do.
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Could you give some examples of such countries? Reading this thread made me go check what the Finnish law says about our regulations and I found out this:
A child gets citizenship if his/her mother is a Finn, or the father is a Finn
and either married to the child's mother or the child is born in Finland and his father can be verified.
A child can also get citizenship if he/she is born in here and has no right to any other country's citizenship. Or also if the parents have seeked and been granted asylum in here.
So at least in here they are not just giving it away because the child happened to be born in here. I'd imagine most countries have regulations such as these, but I'm not an expert. Hence the question.