Campaigners say the fight goes on to make it easier for long-term residents to gain Taiwanese citizenship. That's after the government said it would not budge on its requirement that permanent residents give up their original nationality to gain a Taiwanese passport.
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00:00Campaigners say Taiwan cannot use the country's population density as an excuse for denying
00:06long-term residents access to dual nationality.
00:10Taiwan requires most foreigners to give up their original nationality to become Taiwanese
00:14citizens.
00:15That's despite natural-born Taiwanese being able to hold multiple passports.
00:20Taiwan's Interior Ministry on Tuesday said changing the rule could have a negative effect
00:25on the country's finances, social welfare and national security.
00:29The ministry was forced to respond after a petition on a government's website gained
00:33more than the required 5-thousand signatures.
00:36Crossroads, the non-profit that launched the petition, says permanent residents are already
00:41contributing to Taiwanese society.