Announcements

New Publications: the CITIMP reports on naturalisation procedures in Slovenia and Bulgaria are now available. All our country reports can be accessed through the Country Profile page.
Published on: 23/05/2013
Call for Papers, 2014 ISA Conference in Toronto: Spaces and Places, Geopolitics in an Era of Globalization

Proposals for the panel on 'Regional Perspectives on the Future of Citizenship' should be submitted no later than 28 May 2013.
Published on: 22/05/2013
New Publication: 'The story behind the numbers: Why immigrants become citizens in Europe' by Jasper Dag Tjaden from the Migration Policy Group is now available for download. The report offers a comparative overview of the National Dialogues organised within the framework of the ACIT project on Access to Citizenship and its Impact on Immigrant Integration.
Published on: 22/05/2013
The IMISCOE 10th Annual Conference will be held at the university of Malmö, 25-28 August 2013. Registration for the panel 'Comparing Citizenship and the Franchise for Migrants' is now opened.
Published on: 15/05/2013
On 2-3 May 2013, EUDO-CITIZENSHIP, in cooperation with the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, organised a a 2 day conference on “Minorities and Migrants: Citizenship Policies and Political Participation”.

Download the full programme and the Powerpoint presentations of our speakers.

Published on: 07/05/2013

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Publications on Citizenship

Rooted Cosmopolitans: Israelis with a European Passport – History, Property, Identity

By Yossi Harpaz, Princeton University. International Migration Review, Volume 47, Issue 1, pages 166–206, Spring 2013.

The integration needs of mobile EU citizens: Impediments and opportunities

By Elizabeth Collett, Migration Policy Institute Europe, Brussels, 2013.

Study for the feasibility of a legal instrument in the field of nationality law and families (including the promotion of acquisition of citizenship)

by Alenka Prvinšek Persoglio and the International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

Regulating Political Incorporation of Immigrants - Naturalisation Rates in Europe

Regulating Political Incorporation of Immigrants - Naturalisation Rates in Europe, by David Reichel, ICMPD Working Paper No. 4, December 2012

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Citizenship News

Estonia: double citizenship reform stuck in disagreement of ministries
Published on: 23/05/2013
Russia makes military service mandatory regardless of prior service in foreign army
Published on: 22/05/2013
Many of Spain's Sephardic Jews still waiting for citizenship
Published on: 20/05/2013
Citizenship law reform in Italy currently (and endlessly?) debated: the question of ius soli
Published on: 19/05/2013
Naturalisations in Austria continue to decline
Published on: 14/05/2013
Italian Minister Kyenge defends her ius soli proposal at the EUI's State of the Union conference
Published on: 11/05/2013
Latvian Parliament allows dual citizenship for broader categories of Latvian citizens acquiring another nationality
Published on: 11/05/2013
European Court of Human Rights upholds the UK's 15 years limit to external voting
Published on: 08/05/2013
Turkey may offer citizenship to Syriacs fleeing war in Syria
Published on: 06/05/2013
Newly appointed Italian minister for integration committed to full political participation and citizenship rights of immigrants
Published on: 30/04/2013

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