Indonesia’s dual citizenship plan gets backing from its diaspora

Jokowi, as the Indonesia president is known, has pushed for dual citizenship since 2015, but he was met with opposition from lawmakers who raised concern over the risk to national security. - Bloomberg

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia’s plan to enable dual citizenship is getting traction, with groups representing the nation’s migrants saying they would be open to returning to the country.

The government hosted a meeting in early May with associations representing Indonesians based overseas and families with mixed nationalities to gather their input on the plan, according to an invitation seen by Bloomberg and confirmed by the Law and Human Rights Ministry.