64000 emigrants mistakenly registered as Norwegian citizens have their status changed to ‘unknown’
Read the full news item on Theforeigner.no.
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German Office for Migration and Refugees publishes surveys about the naturalisation behaviours of foreign residents and Optionspflichtige in Germany
The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has recently published two surveys: a qualitative survey on the views and experiences of the category “Optionspflichtige” and a quantitative one on the naturalisation behaviours of foreign residents in Germany. Optionspflichtige are Read More …
Latvia: comprehensive citizenship reform on the agenda in Parliament and in a referendum campaign
By Kristine Kruma (EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert) Debates on the need to amend the Latvian Citizenship Law started already during the 10th term of the Parliament (Saeima) in 2010 and was continued in the 11th term soon after extraordinary elections in Read More …
Swiss citizenship amendments could cut naturalisation numbers
Read the article on swissinfo.ch.
Latvian reform will facilitate access to citizenship for children of “non-citizen” Russians
Read the news item on the European Web Site on Integration. Read the news on the webpage of the Latvian parliament (in Latvian).
False alarm about EU passports? Less than 225.000 Moldavians granted Romanian citizenship since 1991
By Roxana Barbulescu, EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert A recent study (Iordachi 2012) finds that Romanian authorities have dealt with 226,509 requests of reacquisition of Romanian citizenship including applications from Moldavians over a period of 20 years (from 1991 to 15 August Read More …
Few noncitizens have registered to vote in Belgian local elections in October
Read the article in EurActiv.
Latvian Parliamentary Committee proposes toleration of dual citizenship in case of marriage, adoption and for nationals of EU and NATO states
Read the news on the European Web Site on Integration.
German Constitutional Court removes three months residence requirement for external franchise
Until now, German citizens living abroad can vote in German elections if they have resided in Germany for three consecutive months at any time in their lives. The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has now decided that this condition violates the Read More …
Restrict citizenship in Southern Europe to fight irregular migration? More rhetoric than reality
Read Thomas Huddleston‘s impact analysis on the MIPEX blog.