Since 2005 South Korea is the pioneer state in Asia to extend voting rights at the local and regional levels to foreign residents. The few explanations of this unlikely reform remain partial and contradictory. With this research, we contribute to Read More …
On 15 September, a group of Senators from both sides of the political proposed to draft a new constitutional bill to grant citizenship to all persons born in Chile, irrespective of their parents’ immigration status. Read the news report in Read More …
On 11 September 2014, the Maltese Prime Minister defended the country’s controversial citizenship programme for foreign investors at the Global Citizenship Conference in New York. Read the news reports in Malta Today and Malta Independent and consult the Prime Minister’s full speech. Download the Read More …
More than four million people – which represents 97% of the eligible population, have registered to vote in next week’s independence referendum, a record number for any Scottish election. Read the news report in STV News and The Independent and download Read More …
In a bill currently under discussion in the National Assembly, the French government proposes to facilitate naturalisation procedures for senior applicants who can document at least 25 years of residence in France. However, several MPs from the centre-right party UMP, Read More …
As of 12 September 2014, the State Department will raise the fee for renunciating U.S. citizenship from USD 450 to USD 2,350, which is the full cost incurred by the administration for delivering the service. Read the news report Read More …
This book investigates the legal rules of acquisition and loss of citizenship in Europe. Challenging mainstream arguments about the de-ethnicization of citizenship in Europe, Dumbrava identifies and analyses citizenship regulations that differentiate people on ethno-cultural grounds. Providing a unique comparative Read More …
What variables influence the electoral behaviour of citizens voting in home country elections from abroad? Despite the growing interest of migration scholars for the topic of external voting, this question remains largely unanswered. Basing ourselves on the existing political science Read More …
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP expert Sampo Brander The Minister of Interior Päivi Räsänen announced an inquiry into the conditions of access to dual citizenship and the number of dual citizens currently residing in Finland. According to YLE, the Ministry is in fact Read More …
Read the news report on the website of the Russian Legal Information Agency. For further reflections on foreign investors programmes throughout Europe, consult our Forum Debate and Working Paper: Should Citizenship be for Sale?
