Passport Privilege

…how much privilege we are afforded at birth relies heavily on the luck of the draw. 🍀 🌍

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Growing up I was very ignorant of the passport privilege I had - always travelling on a 🇸🇪 passport, I never encountered visa rejections. It is only as an adult I became aware of the dehumanising process many of my closest friends had to go through to get visas (and equal opportunities). The human cost of the staggering visa inequality is undeniable. Marta Foresti founder of the LAGO-COLLECTIVE and Otho Mantegazza analysed how in 2023 rejected Schengen 🇪🇺 visas cost the world’s poorest €100M +, 💰 flowing from poor to rich countries, like a ‘reverse remittance’.Together with Federica Fragapane they turned data into beautiful visual stories - which we can so often forget and ignore.

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Check out the link to their full research and data sets in the comments here

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👇🏽  💭 How has your country of birth (or acquired nationality) impacted your opportunities in life? Is visa inequity something you have thought about or faced yourself?