Czech NGOs criticize plans for citizenship reform
Read the article on the Prague Monitor.
Politische Einstellungen und politische Partizipation von Migranten in Deutschland
This recent study by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees deals with the political orientations and political participation of migrants in Germany. Publication details and link to source: Stephanie Müssig and Susanne Worbs, ‘Politische Einstellungen und politische Partizipation Read More …
French National Assembly soon to debate foreign resident’s right to vote and run as candidate in local elections
By Jean-Thomas Arrighi (EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert) On 17 September 2012, 75 French MPs from the Socialist Parliamentary group published a petition in Le Monde urging the current government to move faster on plans to give foreign residents the right to Read More …
Migration and Citizenship Law in Spain: Path-dependency and Policy Change in a Recent Country of Immigration
This article analyzes the links between migratory processes and the evolution of nationality legislation in Spain. We argue that this case challenges the theoretical models that link immigration to liberalizing reforms in citizenship law. Despite large-scale immigration experienced over the Read More …
Expert dialogue on Austrian citizenship reform
The Austrian Federal Ombudsman Terezija Stoisits and the Vienna Counselling Centre for Migrants hosted an expert dialogue on a pending reform of the Austrian citizenship law on 17 September 2012. The dialogue was attended by civil servants from federal and provincial Read More …
MPI report finds wage premium for immigrants who naturalize in the US
The full report is available here.
Scottish citizenship in case of independence. Jo Shaw testifies before House of Commons Committee on Scottish Affairs
Read the briefing paper by Jo Shaw on the CITSEE website.
64000 emigrants mistakenly registered as Norwegian citizens have their status changed to ‘unknown’
Read the full news item on Theforeigner.no.
German Office for Migration and Refugees publishes surveys about the naturalisation behaviours of foreign residents and Optionspflichtige in Germany
The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has recently published two surveys: a qualitative survey on the views and experiences of the category “Optionspflichtige” and a quantitative one on the naturalisation behaviours of foreign residents in Germany. Optionspflichtige are Read More …
Latvia: comprehensive citizenship reform on the agenda in Parliament and in a referendum campaign
By Kristine Kruma (EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert) Debates on the need to amend the Latvian Citizenship Law started already during the 10th term of the Parliament (Saeima) in 2010 and was continued in the 11th term soon after extraordinary elections in Read More …