On 15 October 2015, the High Court ruled on the case of R(Bondada) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2661 (Admin). The Court examined the hurdles faced by a British citizen by descent trying to secure Read More …
This chapter explores how international migration has reconceptualised the notion of membership, in that the demos nowadays is no longer confined to the territorial borders of nation-states. Rather, it stretches beyond them, through a cobweb of transnational networks created by Read More …
In its 27 May 2015 Queen’s speech, the Conservative government announced that ‘early legislation will be introduced to provide for an in/out referendum’. The following day, it introduced the European Union Referendum Bill, which passed its third reading in the House of Commons on 7 September 2015 (by 316 votes to 53).
This article discusses the significance of the terms Non-Resident Indian (NRI), Person of Indian Origin (PIO), and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) in respect of contemporary discourse on their status, including whether they constitute a type of dual nationality. Publication Read More …
On 9 July, the Greek Parliament has adopted the bill reintroducing citizenship by declaration for children born or raised in Greece. The revised law entered into force at the date of the publication of the law in the Official Gazette, Read More …
Basing their study on a natural experiment in Switzerland, Jens Hainmueller, Dominik Hangartner, and Giuseppe Pietrantuono show that for the immigrants who faced close referendums, naturalization considerably improved their political integration, including increases in formal political participation, political knowledge, and Read More …
Citizenship is central in the ongoing debates on the constitutional reform in Liberia. The question of national membership remains contentious in this post-conflict society. The main issue is that of dual citizenship. It is opposed by the local Liberians seeking Read More …
EUDO Citizenship expert Eva Ersbøll has criticised the plan of the Danish Integration Minister Inger Støjberg to restrict naturalisation conditions retroactively. She also finds the proposal to be contrary to general legal principles, among others, the protection of the applicants’ legitimate Read More …
Motivated by the emergence of “home-grown” terrorism and the prospect that Australian citizens joining terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq may return to Australia, the Australian government (like many others) is seeking greater powers to revoke citizenship.
On 21 September 2015, the National Academies of Sciences of the United States of America released a report on immigrant integration. The report explicitly discusses the (relatively) low naturalisation rates in the US. Copies of the full report, the Read More …
