The effects of COVID-19 on mobility and citizenship
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 …
Between politics and geo-politics: Russia amends its citizenship law
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.
Passports, the right to travel, and national security in the Commonwealth
Paul F. Scott
Passports, the right to travel, and national security in the Commonwealth
International & Comparative Law Quarterly
2020
Strategic noncitizenship: Mainland Chinese immigrants as noncitizens in Australia
Qiuping Pan
Strategic noncitizenship: Mainland Chinese immigrants as noncitizens in Australia
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
2020
EU Citizenship and Free Movement Rights
Sandra Mantu, Paul Minderhoud and Elspeth Guild
EU Citizenship and Free Movement Rights
Brill
2020
The case of Chisuse and Others versus Department of Home Affairs (CC:155/19)
In South Africa an amended Citizenship Act has left some born outside of the country to a South African parent without access to citizenship. This is despite having a vested right to citizenship under previous legislation. The Constitutional Court recently heard a case seeking to confirm a High Court order to ‘read in’ to the legislation to rectify this seemingly inadvertent deprivation. But the Department of Home Affairs argues such deprivation is intentional and justified.
Why we need a Year of Action against citizenship stripping’
Concerned about the growing instrumentalisation of nationality and deterioration of the institution of citizenship, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion presents two new resources to learn about more about the practice of citizenship stripping and relevant international standards which limit state power to do so: the World’s Stateless 2020 – Deprivation of Nationality; and the Principles on Deprivation of Nationality as a National Security Measure.
Effects of the coronavirus restrictions on vulnerable populations
GLOBALCIT Research Associate Lorenzo Piccoli has published an analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations in The Washington Post. In his piece, Piccoli explores how, despite the shared experience of mass immobility, disparities in wealth and status create Read More …
A migrant voting typology
Migrant voters face four distinct options: immigrant voting, emigrant voting, dual transnational voting, and abstention.