Little interest in the Irish investor citizenship scheme
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.
Fighters in Syrian civil war deprived of UK citizenship. Serbian Foreign minister proposes similar policy
Britain deprived 20 fighters in Syria who have another nationality of their UK citizenship. According to the Home Office “citizenship is a privilege, not a right, and the Home Secretary will remove British citizenship from individuals where she feels it Read More …
Arab uprisings and the changing frontiers of transnational citizenship: Voting from abroad in political transitions
The uprisings that swept the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region beginning in December 2010 set in motion a series of political transitions. One of the most striking elements in the post-spring 2011 experiences of the countries affected has Read More …
Malta raises the price of its passports, PM insists that the aditional requirements would create bonds
After series of talks with the opposition and stakeholders and numerous concerns voiced from abroad, the Maltese government announced significant amendments of its Investor Citizenship Scheme. The overall investment under the new requirements raises to €1,150,000 (from €650,000 under the original proposal), Read More …
Drastic fall of the naturalisation applications in Belgium after the ‘exceptional merits’ test was introduced
Since Belgium introduced its stringent new requirements for naturalisation (applicants must now demonstrate ‘exceptional merits’ in order to qualify) this year the number of applications drastically fell. According to a recent press report there were only 508 applications from the Read More …
Spanish Government speeds up processing of 575.000 applications for naturalisations by asking notaries to help
Spain mobilizes 3000 notaries in a bid to speed up the naturalisation procedure for 575,000 applicants and some 60,000 new Spaniards have taken an oath of allegiance since June 2013. Read the full story in El Mundo, featured on the European Web Read More …
Estonia publishes a study on multiple citizenship
The Estonian Ministry of the Internal Affairs releases a comparative study discussing the arguments for or against the simultaneous possession of different citizenship and finds these in favour insufficient. The study is featured on the European Web Site for Read More …
Green MEPs ask Council to take a stance on investor citizenship laws
Read the question posed to the Council by Judith Sargentini, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Hélène Flautre, Franziska Keller, Ulrike Lunacek, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group. Consult our earlier news on the growing trend of offering Read More …
‘Citizenship for Sale’ or attracting human capital?
Read an interesting comment on the Maltese ‘citizenship for sale’ scheme in The Independent. Consult our earlier news on the growing trend of offering citizenship to foreign investors in EU Member States. ‘Should Citizenship be for Sale’? Earlier this Read More …
‘Passport for sale’ plan raises concern among EU Member States
The Migration Policy Institute features Citizenship for sale as the #3 migration issue of the year. Read a commentary on the concerns of the EU Member States in the Financial Times and consult earlier news on the growing trend of Read More …