British Overseas Citizens turned stateless after being advised to renounce Malaysian citizenship
Read the report in The Independent.
Proposed amendments to the Egyptian Constitution to set high citizenship requirements for the President and ignore external voting
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Gianluca Parolin, American University in Cairo Just after Mubarak’s resignation on 11 Feb 2011, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) assumed power and declared the suspension of the 1971 Constitution. A few days later, Read More …
The Zambrano case: Relying on Union citizenship rights in ‘internal situations’
By Anja Wiesbrock, University of Maastricht On 8 March 2011 the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice issued a significant ruling regarding the interpretation and scope of the concept of European Union Citizenship. In an eagerly anticipated Read More …
ECJ decides that third country national parents of an EU citizen child have rights to residence and access to employment in the child’s country of nationality
By Rainer Bauböck, EUDO CITIZENSHIP co-director In a major decision on 8 March 2011, the European Court of Justice has decided that Mr. Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano, a Columbian citizen, has a right to residence in Belgium and does not need Read More …
Hungary/Slovakia: While applications for Hungarian citizenship in neighbouring countries increase, Slovakia is likely to go back to toleration of dual citizenship
Hungary/Slovakia: While applications for Hungarian citizenship in neighbouring countries increase, Slovakia is likely to go back to toleration of dual citizenship In 2010, the Hungarian Parliament passed an amendment to the Hungarian Citizenship Act that provides for a preferential and Read More …
Greek State Council strikes down ius soli and local voting rights for third country nationals. An Alarming Postscript to the Greek Citizenship Reform
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dimitris Christopoulos – Ass. Professor, Departement of Political Science and History, Panteion University. On 1 February 2011, the 4th Chamber of the State Council (Symvoulio tis Epikrateias) has questioned the constitutionality of Law 3838/2010 concerning third Read More …
Danish Minister of Immigration replaced over accusations that Palestinian stateless youths were mistakenly denied Danish citizenship.
Read the report on BBC online and in the Danish paper Politiken
MIPEX III documents trends towards dual citizenship, ius soli and citizenship tests.
MIPEX is a widely used index evaluating immigrant integration laws and policies. Access to citizenship is one of seven policy areas covered. The third version of this index has just been made available online. We summarize here relevant information and Read More …
Call for new Irish citizens to vote in elections
Immigrant representatives of The Immigrant Council of Ireland urge the government to put in place measures to increase the participation of migrants and new communities in political life. Read the report in the Irish Times
Further decline of naturalisations in Austria
By Bernhard Perchinig As in recent years, naturalisations in Austria again declined significantly in 2010. With a mere 6,190 naturalisations the number reached an all-time low since 1973, when 6,183 persons had been naturalised. Defined as a percentage of the Read More …