What does it mean to be Spanish? In the absence of a formalised citizenship test, applicants are vetted and asked a series of questions by a judge, who then decides if they qualify. Read the news report in El Read More …
A special issue of Ethnopolitics has just been published which features the work of members of the CITSEE team. The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia (CITSEE) was a study of the citizenship regimes of Read More …
At least two cases of children conceived artificially and born overseas have challenged Canada’s hereditary citizenship laws, which stipulate that a child must be genetically related to at least one parent to be considered Canadian. Read the news report in Read More …
Hungary is set to have one million new citizens through its dual citizenship scheme by the end of the current government’s mandate in 2018, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen told MTI on Sunday. Read the news report in Politics.hu
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Gëzim Krasniqi Five years after the declaration of independence and establishment of a separate citizenship regime, the Kosovo Assembly adopted a new law on citizenship. The law is part of a set of new and Read More …
The inaugural World’s Stateless report explores currently available statistical data and discusses the challenges involved in accurately mapping or quantifying statelessness. From this analysis, the report distills recommendations to states, UNHCR and civil society on how to improve data collection Read More …
We examine the salience among migrants of a pervasive type of political identity neglected in the interdisciplinary scholarship on transnationalism and migrant political behaviour—homeland regional identities. Using migrants’ regional background in their homelands as a proxy for their regional political Read More …
By Jean-Thomas Arrighi On 12 December 2014, the French Conseil d’Etat found that children born abroad to surrogate mothers may be granted citizenship as long as one of their parents is a French national. In its judgment, the court Read More …
An independent review of nationality case work in the UK found cases where British citizenship was granted to applicants “who had very poor immigration histories over protracted periods of time, including during the qualifying period for naturalisation.” The report also Read More …
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Gerd Valchars A legislative change to the Austrian Nationality Act is on its way through parliament. The amendment provides the legal basis to denationalise Austrian nationals with dual nationality fighting in armed conflicts. In its Read More …
