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Saint Helena: Citizenship and spatial identities on a remote island
Hogenstijn, M.
Middelkoop, D.P. van
Sociale Geografie & Planologie
spatial identity
Saint Helena
insularity
access
citizenship
migration
Saint Helena is an extremely isolated island in the South Atlantic. It is connected to the outside
world through the Internet, telephone and a shipping link. Its inhabitants, who call themselves
Saints, were denied full British citizenship until May 2002. This prevented a large out-migration.
At the same time the struggle for citizenship provided a common cause, which united the people
of Saint Helena. With the return of citizenship, an escape route became available. Roughly a
quarter of the island’s population has since left ‘prison home’ Saint Helena. Two options are now
open, which will both bring major change to the island. Air access might bring much-needed
economic development, but it will also have an impact on the Saints’ identity and ‘way of life’.
Without air access, more Saints will probably leave and this way of life will be shared by less and
less people on the island
2005
Article
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https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/11333
TESG 96(1), 96-104 (2005)
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