Bloodlines and Belonging: Time to Abandon Ius Sanguinis?
Costica Dumbrava and Rainer Bauböck (eds.): Bloodlines and belonging : time to abandon “ius sanguinis”?. EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2015/80. Read More …
Ancestry into Opportunity: How Global Inequality Drives Demand for Long-distance European Union Citizenship
This paper investigates the relationship between global inequality and dual citizenship by analysing citizenship acquisition from abroad in the European Union (EU). Most EU countries now offer facilitated naturalisation to descendants of emigrants and co-ethnics abroad, which requires neither residence Read More …
Political parties and citizenship legislation change in EU28 countries, 1992–2013
I analyze the changes to naturalization and jus soli legislation in EU28 states between 1992 and 2013, examining the links with the party composition of the cabinet in power. The direction, inclusive or restrictive, of the 104 changes to legislation Read More …
Greece: New citizenship bill now opened for public consultation
A new bill foreseeing the granting of Greek citizenship to tens of thousands of second-generation immigrants was put up for public consultation on Thursday. Read the news report in Ekhatimerini
40% of Malta’s tax revenue in 2014 came from investment-based citizenship and residence programmes, says PM
By Jelena Dzankic On 5 and 6 May 2015, Henley & Partners, a company specialising in residence and citizenship planning, held its annual forum at the Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich. The 2015 Henley & Partners Forum gathered around Read More …
ECHR to examine legality of automatic extension of Russian citizenship to Crimean residents
BY EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Oxana Shevel The case of four Crimean residents, including a well known film director Oleg Sentsov, who were arrested in Crimea in May of last year, and since then transferred to Russia and held in jail Read More …
Increasing Validity by Recombining Existing Indices: MIPEX as a Measure of Citizenship Models
Researchers often reuse existing data and indices even in cases where theory demands different measures. Here, I argue that with little additional effort, it is possible to increase the validity of research by recombining individual indicators of existing indices. This Read More …
Immigrant enfranchisement in Latin America: From strongmen to universal citizenship
In order to explain non-citizen enfranchisement in Latin America, this article takes into account three dimensions: domestic (citizenship tradition, immigration levels, internal politics), global (international and bilateral agreements, human rights discourse) and regional (common markets, diffusion, geopolitics). The article identifies Read More …
Expatriates as voters? The new dynamics of external voting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Expatriate voting has gained in importance over the last decade in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article gives an empirical overview of existing regulations in all independent states of the continent and examines some explanatory approaches in the African context. One approach Read More …
US Army offers fast track to citizenship to immigrants with “special language or medical skills”
The US Army announced it will expand its programme offering fast track access to citizenship for immigrants with special language or medical skills. The so-called Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest programme “seeks to increase to 3,000 enlistments this fiscal Read More …