While most people experience their nationality as a fixed and integral feature of their identity, it is not necessarily a permanent or immoveable characteristic. Indeed, most States’ nationality laws feature a set of rules—alongside those which elaborate the conditions for Read More …
The Canadian House of Commons is deliberating the proposal to amend the country’s Citizenship Act, thus facilitating naturalisation for foreign residents by reducing the residence condition from four to three years, repealing the ‘intent to reside’ provision, physical residence requirement Read More …
The United Kingdom Home Secretary Theresa May has proposed measures to enable the Home Office to strip dual nationals who are convicted of sexual crimes from their UK citizenship. The proposal comes in response to the increase in sex abuse Read More …
The National Consultative Commission for Human Rights (CNCDH) has voiced its concerns regarding the draft constitutional Law on the Protection of the Nation, which is currently debated in the French Parliament. The CNCDH considers measures such as the proposed deprivation Read More …
As of 1 January 2016, the Slovak authorities enabled the former citizens who had lost their Slovak citizenship ex lege upon acquiring another one to re-acquire it. A written application is required. Until late February 2016, 120 people applied to Read More …
The goal of this book is to introduce the reader to the relationship between migration and democracy. At the beginning we discuss whether access and political rights for migrants in liberal democracies are implemented by default, or whether these must Read More …
Using data for the period 1968–2001, this article assesses the influence of partner choice and origin country characteristics on the propensity of immigrants to naturalize in Sweden. Marriage to a foreign-born Swedish citizen increases the naturalization propensity, and its effect Read More …
The Handbook on Migration and Social Policy edited by Gary P. Freeman and Nikola Mirilovic explores the consequences of migration for the social policies of rich welfare states. They test conflicting claims as to the positive and negative effects of Read More …
What effect does variation in dual citizenship policies of both sending and receiving societies have on bilateral migration flow? Employing a modified gravity model, we use a new dual citizenship database to examine the effects of allowance within 14 Organisation Read More …
Citizenship tests are designed to ensure that new citizens have the knowledge required for successful ‘integration’. This article explores what those who have taken the test thought about its content. It argues that new citizens had high levels of awareness Read More …
