A recent case in the Netherlands on repatriation of children of ‘foreign fighters’ from conflict ridden areas provides an opportunity to reflect on the urgency of repatriation. The authors recommend that there is no need to assess each child’s best interests and groups of children, who are currently abandoned by their governments, should be immediately repatriated.
GLOBALCIT announces the publication of an open access dataset that tracks the restrictions to international travel implemented by governments in response to COVID-19, created by Lorenzo Piccoli, Jelena Dzankic, and Andreas Perret. The dataset has global coverage. It provides robust Read More …
Amongst the current concern and drama around COVID-19, what room is there for the ordinary functioning of electoral democracy? Must elections be held, and if so when? How are they to be conducted, practically and fairly?
Early planning and preparation and thorough sanitary procedures on election day ensured that Koreans could exercise their electoral rights as the April 2020 parliamentary elections went under way during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Dimitry Kochenov and Justin Lindeboom
Kälin and Kochenov’s Quality of Nationality Index (QNI)
Hart
2020
Christoph Sperfeldt
Minorities and Statelessness: Social Exclusion and Citizenship in Cambodia
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights
2020
On 6 May 2020, GlobalCit and the Migration Policy Centre will host a Webinar with three presentations on ‘The effects of COVID-19 on Mobility and Citizenship’. ‘The Effects of COVID-19 on Citizenship’ by Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli ‘The effects of Covid-19 on Read More …
In 2020 Russia passed three amendments that have simplified the naturalisation requirements for several categories of migrants. While these amendments on the surface create a more inclusive policy, they also serve specific domestic and geopolitical interests.
