Nisha Kapoor is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York. She is author of 'Deport, Deprive Extradite. 21st century state extremism', (forthcoming Jan 2018 with Verso). Find her on twitter @NishaKapoor07 and @DeportDeprive.
Refusing citizenship on grounds of 'character' reflects the criminalisation of global political dissent and resistance, while these subjective criteria normalise an imperialist system of citizenship.