EUDO Citizenship expert Eva Ersbøll has criticised the plan of the Danish Integration Minister Inger Støjberg to restrict naturalisation conditions retroactively. She also finds the proposal to be contrary to general legal principles, among others, the protection of the applicants’ legitimate Read More …
Motivated by the emergence of “home-grown” terrorism and the prospect that Australian citizens joining terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq may return to Australia, the Australian government (like many others) is seeking greater powers to revoke citizenship.
On 21 September 2015, the National Academies of Sciences of the United States of America released a report on immigrant integration. The report explicitly discusses the (relatively) low naturalisation rates in the US. Copies of the full report, the Read More …
On 17 September, the Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak announced that all foreign citizens currently serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been granted Ukrainian citizenship. Read more at Kyiv Post and consult our country profile page to find Read More …
There are a number of historical, cultural, and geopolitical factors specific to New Zealand that help explain both why permanent residents were granted the vote in 1975, and why that decision remains uncontroversial and underresearched almost 40 years later. Although Read More …
In 2014 Estonia launched an e-residence scheme through which non-resident foreigners could obtain an Estonian digital identity card. The digital card allows people to access a series of digital services such as enabling them to create and use electronic signatures, launch and manage companies, do online banking
On 9 September 2015, the Swiss National Council has voted in favour of harmonising the naturalisation procedures for third-generation Swiss residents. The simplification of procedures will now be considered and further developed by the Council of States, the upper chamber Read More …
On September 9, the Romanian Government passed an emergency ordinance amending the Citizenship Law that facilitates the acquisition of citizenship by foreigners with special performances in sports, culture or other areas contributing to the promotion of Romania’s image in the Read More …
Traditionally, there are two contrasting views on the way states can use naturalisation and immigrants’ rights policies to set out their broader agenda of immigrant integration. First, citizenship acquisition can be seen as complementary to the granting of social and Read More …
Expatriation, or the stripping away citizenship and all the rights that come with it, is usually associated with despotic and totalitarian regimes. The imagery of mass expulsion of once integral members of the community is associated with civil wars, ethnic Read More …
