A Blue and Yellow Family
<p>‘If Russia dropped a big bomb on Ukraine, nobody would give a shit.’</p>
<p>For as long as I’ve known them, my partner, Anna, has been waiting for the day they can shed the albatross of their Ukrainian citizenship and get the German one. Their experience of being Ukrainian in the wider world has been frustrating and degrading.</p>
<p>Switching citizenships may seem to some like an extreme measure, especially now there’s so much open admiration for Ukrainian bravery. However, it is, in fact, a necessity, if one is to allay the effects of being treated as a lowly post-Soviet transplant in Western Europe. You see, Ukraine <a href="https://cdn.henleyglobal.com/storage/app/media/HPI/HENLEY_PASSPORT_INDEX_2023_Q1_INFOGRAPHIC_GLOBAL_RANKING_230119_2.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">currently ranks 34th</a> in the overall world passport index, while Germany—where we both reside—chillaxes in second place.</p>
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