Should EU citizenship be duty-free?
Maurizio Ferrera and Rainer Bauböck (eds.): Should EU citizenship be duty-free? EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2017/60. Read More …
Loss of Dutch nationality ex lege: EU law, gender and multiple nationality
On 19 April 2017, the Dutch Council of State made a reference to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concerning the compatibility with EU law of the provisions of the Dutch Nationality Act (DNA) that regulate automatic loss of Dutch nationality in case of dual nationals habitually resident abroad for more than ten years. In this note we highlight the EU law, gender and dual nationality aspects of the case.
The U.S. Supreme Court makes citizenship revocation harder
In the Maslenjak v. United States ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that if the government wants to revoke citizenship of a person who committed a crime in the naturalisation process, it needs to prove that he crime had a causal influence Read More …
Tu Casa, Mi Casa: Naturalization and Belonging among Latino Immigrants
Previous studies reach contradictory conclusions regarding the relationship between residential concentration and naturalization. This paper tackles the impasse by exploring the pathways through which immigrant communities influence individual naturalization. Specifically, this study examines naturalization among Latino immigrants using the 2006 Read More …
A record number of Britons become German citizens
In 2016, a record number of UK citizens received German passports. The German federal statistics office reports that there has been a 361% increase in the number of Britons who took German citizenship. The total number of passports granted to Read More …
US Supreme Court bars favouring mothers over fathers in citizenship cases
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that unwed mothers and fathers cannot be treated in different ways. The ruling concerned Luis Ramon Morales-Santana born in the Dominican Republic to an American father and non-American mother. After convictions for Read More …
Does citizenship always further Immigrants’ feeling of belonging to the host nation? A study of policies and public attitudes in 14 Western democracies
Immigrants’ access to citizenship in their country of residence is increasingly debated in Western democracies. It is an underlying premise of these debates that citizenship and national belonging are closely linked, but at the same time there is considerable cross-country Read More …
Vote for enfranchising the Irish abroad in Presidential elections
On 12 March 2017 the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Enda Kenny, announced that the government plans to hold a constitutional referendum in 2018 on the issue of voting rights in Presidential elections for citizens living outside the state, to apply Read More …
Access to Citizenship and the Role of Origin Countries
For foreign-born residents and their children, attaining citizenship in the host country confers membership, rights and participation opportunities, and encourages a sense of belonging (Bloemraad 2006). From a destination country perspective, naturalisation is increasingly seen as an important part of Read More …
The Determinants of Cross-National Variation in Migrants’ Access to Rights
States vary in the degree to which rights enjoyed by the native citizenry are conferred upon foreign nationals, and rarely do non-nationals fully enjoy comparable rights unless they naturalize. Extant studies on cross-national variations in access to citizenship are largely Read More …