Kickoff contribution by Patti Tamara Lenard. Comments by Lior Erez, Ashwini Vasanthakumar, Daniel Sharp, Christine Hobden, David Owen, Helen Irving, Zara Goldstone and Avia Pasternak, Rainer Bauböck, Jaeeun Kim, Jelena Dzankic, Geoffrey Brahm Levey, Oliviero Angeli, Keith Banting, Ashley Mantha-Hollands, Liav Orgad, Yossi Harpaz, and Patti Tamara Lenard
Ius soli is seen as an immigration pull factor on the French island of Mayotte. The French government wants to amend the Constitution to abolish territorial birthright citizenship in this territory. However, this proposed reform calls into question several constitutional principles, while the effects on migration flows are questionable.
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This blogpost summarises the main changes to the German Citizenship Act, pointing out important changes to the original draft during the legislative process and discusses the political responses to the Act. It also places the current reform in the context of the reforms of German citizenship law since the early 1990s, showing how German citizenship law has been increasingly liberalised. Read More …
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2024.
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“Heterogeneous Naturalization Effects of Dual Citizenship Reform in Migrant Destinations: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Europe“,
American Political Science Review,
2023.
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“Bridging the citizenship law implementation gap: a typology for comparative analysis“,
Comparative Migration Studies,
2024.
