The processing times for applications to acquire Irish citizenship may take up to four-and-a-half years, a study by the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) found. The research examined the experience of 315 migrants from more than 60 countries and a Read More …
by Stephen Coutts On Thursday the 5th of May the Court of Justice handed down its judgment in the case of McCarthy v Secretary of State. Concerning an attempt by an EU citizen to rely on EU law to obtain Read More …
By Maarten Vink, University of Maastricht Recent survey data from the Netherlands show that over 60 percent in the Dutch over-18 population oppose the concept of dual nationality, in particular lower educated and over-45s. Three in every five people in Read More …
Read the press release by the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the Judgment in Case C-434/09 Shirley McCarthy v Secretary of State for the Home Department Read the Judgment of the Court
by Mária M. Kovács and Szabolcs Pogonyi The new Hungarian constitution, approved by the central right government with a two-thirds majority on 18 April, was signed into law by President Pál Schmitt on 25 April. The date has a dual Read More …
Case Note by Helena Wray, EUDO CITIZENSHIP UK expert ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4 This British Supreme Court decision, handed down on 1st February 2011, concerned the weight to be given to a citizen child’s best interests when Read More …
by Loïc Azoulai, European University Institute A genuine European integration Let me say first where I see the main contribution of this judgment to the development of European citizenship. In the case-law of the Court which gave substance to this Read More …
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Gianluca Parolin, American University in Cairo When Egyptian voters entered the polling stations on 19 March 2011, they found on the ballot a different text of the proposed amendments previously announced by the Supreme Council of Read More …
by Elspeth Guild, University of Nijmegen 8 March is generally celebrated as International Women’s Day. This year it may be celebrated as a milestone in children’s rights in the EU and as a point of transition for citizens of the Read More …
Read the report in The Independent.
