An increasing number of applicants are failing Australia’s citizenship test. In 2009, the Department of Immigration and Border protection has increased the passing mark from 60 to 73 per cent in 2009. Read more at ABC News.
This article analyzes the politics and constitutional position of the Brčko District of BiH, drawing on this case to inform several important debates in the field with regards to questions of federalism, citizenship, and electoral politics. The article shows that Read More …
On 9 November, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of appeals declined to lift an injunction that prevents the implementation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) programme and the expansion of the already- existing Deferred Read More …
Naturalization is a crucial step in the full integration of immigrants into US society. However, sufficient information has not been available on the naturalization-eligible that would allow the federal government, states, localities, and non-governmental service providers to develop targeted strategies Read More …
A number of countries in Africa practice the exchange between cash and passports. These passports are commonly used to avoid extradition, as countries are not obliged to surrender their own nationals. Le Monde writes that the Chinese government is looking Read More …
This article analyses the process whereby ‘natural’ citizens of one country mobilize their resources so that their children receive by birthright, the citizenship of a rich liberal democracy. Utilizing the case of Turkish upper classes, who give birth in the Read More …
Traditionally, immigrants’ propensity to naturalize is attributed to individual characteristics and the origin country. Recently scholars increasingly recognise that naturalisation decisions do not take place in a vacuum: they are conditioned both by the individual life course of immigrants, such Read More …
This article uses the lenses of citizenship to examine the uneven distribution of voting rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). While recognizing the significance of power-sharing in BiH, the article argues that the key obstacle to modifying the politics of Read More …
On 28 October, the Regulator of the Individual Investor Programme in Malta confirmed that a pecuniary contribution of €650,000, a property lease or purchase agreement and the holding of a maximum investment – among other obligations – suffice to prove Read More …
On 22 October, the United Kingdom (UK) parliament adopted a statutory instrument terminating the possibility for EEA nationals and their family members with permanent residence in the UK to apply directly for British citizenship. Once the new legislation takes effect, Read More …
