Public support for allowing dual citizenship in Denmark increases and civil society organisations and parliamentarians expect that the legislation will be amended soon. The government is supportive, yet no such bill is included in the agenda for 2014. Read the Read More …
By Patrick Wautelet, EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Figures on acquisition of Belgian nationality in 2013, the first full year of operation of the modified Code of Belgian Nationality show a dramatic decrease in the number of acquisitions. Only 4,981 foreigners obtained Read More …
The speed of handing out Bulgarian passports to citizens of Bulgarian descend from the neighbouring countries has decreased in the last year. Statistics show decline of naturalisation numbers since the new socialist government took office in May 2013. It is Read More …
This is a special issue on ‘Domination, migration and citizenship’, jointly edited by guest editors, Iseult Honohan and Marit Hovdal Moan. The articles examine the light that the republican concept of domination may cast on issues arising from the tension Read More …
By Rainer Bauböck (EUDO CITIZENSHIP co-director) On 16 January 2014, the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution criticizing a Maltese law that offers EU passports for sale. The resolution was supported by all major political groups and adopted by an Read More …
This position paper addresses the following research question: “How do actors in sending countries influence the integration of immigrants in the European Union, with regard to the access to citizenship?” The paper argues that the access to citizenship can be Read More …
According to a recent report by the Council of Europe the tensions between Lativia’s ethnic groups are exacerbated by the country’s citizenship policies. Read more details in Human Rights Europe.
The Tilburg Law Review has dedicated a special issue to a global investigation of statelessness to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. Thirty short articles explore statelessness from diverse angles, assessing Read More …
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Espen D. H. Olsen, Arena, University of Oslo The Norwegian Citizenship has been revised in 2012 and 2013. This brief note summarizes both amendments. In 2012, minor procedural revisions to the Norwegian Citizenship Law were passed by the Norwegian Parliament Read More …
Just 31 investment proposals have been approved through the Government’s cash-for-visas scheme since it was launched nearly two years ago.
Read more details in the Independent.
