The curious case of Hungary: why the naturalisation rate does not always show how inclusive a country is
The ‘naturalisation rate’ is a commonly used indicator to measure the ratio of the number of persons acquiring citizenship of a country over the stock of non-national population in a country; as such, it is often used to measure the relative inclusiveness of a country’s naturalisation policy. According to Eurostat statistics, in Hungary the average naturalisation rates in the period 2011-15 was 7.8 percent, one of the highest rates reported in the European Union. Read More …
New Austrian Government: Changes to the Naturalisation Requirements and Dual Citizenship for German native speakers in South Tyrol (Italy)
By Gerd Valchars, GLOBALCIT country expert The new Austrian government, a coalition of the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) sworn in on 18 December 2017, presented their plans for the next five years. The 180-page Read More …
Video: Citizenship and the Socio-economic and Political Integration of Refugees
GLOBALCIT co-director Maarten Vink took part in Bilbao European dialogues, where he delivered a speech on Citizenship and the Socio-economic and Political Integration of Refugees.
One million citizenships on grounds of ethnic kinship in Hungary
The number of persons who have been granted Hungarian citizenship on grounds of ethnic kinship. The programme has been approved by the Orban parliament in 2010. In the 2014 elections, 95% of Hungarians naturalised through ethnic kinship voted Victor Orban’s Read More …
De jure and de facto tolerance of dual citizenship in Japan: lessons from the Renho controversy
The public understanding is that dual citizenship is not allowed in Japan: The reality is that dual citizenship (nijyu kokuseki) it is tolerated in some cases and forbidden in other cases which leads to the interpretation that it is neither allowed nor forbidden in current Japanese Nationality Law. The question of dual citizenship becomes a critical one for those in positions and occupations for which the Japanese law explicitly states a Japanese citizenship requirement. Read More …
Podcast: “Citizenship: An idea”
Globalcit co-director Rainer Bauböck takes part in the debate “Citizenship: An idea” broadcast on Australian ABC. Listen to the podcast here.