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Comment by spwa4

6 days ago

No country locks of passports 100%. And, look, you asked for a source, the hrw article provides a source.

Every country has laws about who can get passports. In countries without proper rule of law this is often arbitrary. Does that mean all those countries have made emigration illegal?

  • If the law also says you can't leave without passports, like Chinese law, then yes, obviously.

    • > If the law also says you can't leave without passports, like Chinese law,

      Other countries don't let you in without a passport. Even in the absence of a Chinese law, an airline would deny you boarding if you didn't have a passport.