ABSTRACT
This chapter considers question of admission as they arise in normative argument and practical policies. It briefly treats forms of exclusion from citizenship. Exclusion is often considered the mirror image of admission, on the assumption that the criteria for admission are identical with those for exclusion. There are many claims that individuals make in order to be admitted as new citizens of a particular republic. From a neorepublican point of view, the prima facie acceptable claims can be arranged in three categories. The countries of the European Union are placing an increasing emphasis on stricter policies of admission to and expulsion from their territories. Governments have made strong efforts to speed up the decisionmaking process about individual admissions. The chapter focuses on exclusion from citizenship that is not simply the result of a refusal of admission of newcomers but that involves people who are, or at any time have been, citizens of the polity in question.
