In January 2026, Nicaragua enacted Laws Nos. 1268, 1269, 1270, and 1271, introducing targeted amendments to the constitution. The reforms changed the rules governing Nicaraguan nationality, the duties...

India's new citizenship regimes, including the NRC and CAA, systematically disenfranchise Bengali Muslims, manufacturing statelessness and abandonment.

Top officials have sought to expand the use of rarely invoked laws that can strip naturalised Americans of citizenship.

This blog post discusses the ongoing restrictive changes to naturalisation policy in Finland. It links these policy changes to domestic and regional political dynamics, both of which involve the radic...

The requirement to sit the test only applies to citizenship applicants aged between 18 and 64, and it can be taken in either Finnish or Swedish.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that US immigration authorities detained eight Nicaraguan exiles who were previously granted protected status in 2023 after fleeing political prosecution. O...

The Danish government wants people applying for citizenship to be screened for anti-democratic views and statements, arguing that citizenship should only be granted to people who are loyal to Denmark ...

Kickoff contribution by Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka Comments by Maneesha Deckha, Paola Cavalieri,, Rainer Bauböck, , Jelena Džankić , Peter Niesen Read More ...

Kickoff contribution by Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka Comments by Maneesha Deckha, Paola Cavalieri,, Rainer Bauböck, , Jelena Džankić , Peter Niesen Read More ...

(Nairobi, September 22, 2026) – Niger’s junta has provisionally stripped five more exiled opposition figures of their nationality, extending a controversial policy increasingly used against critics of...

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Thailand hasn't stripped a dual national of citizenship since 1965. Kuwait tolerated it for decades, then revoked 50,000 citizenships in a year.

Five of the 13 active citizenship by investment programs publish the nationalities they exclude. The other eight restrict applicants without naming them.

Le président nigérien Abdourahamane Tiani a signé, jeudi 17 septembre 2026, un décret portant déchéance provisoire de la nationalité de cinq personnes, dont l’ancien Premier ministre de Mohamed Bazoum...

Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...

Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...

Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...

Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...

Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...

Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...

Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...

Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...

Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui (Oxford University) Migration Patterns in and from the Arabian Gulf Migration planning and migrant identities in the Arabian Gulf are taking increasingly heterogeneous shapes a...

The film accuses the Israeli army of mass civilian killing in Gaza, and Israeli officials say it could be treasonous.

The new citizenship bill for Sahrawis touches a sensitive fault line in Madrid’s ties with Rabat.

Nina Carlsson (Stockholm School of Economics and Migration Institute of Finland) Sweden’s first citizenship test was held on August 15th, 2026, at the Stockholm Exhibition & Congress Centre in the Sou...

President Prabowo Subianto has said the government is mulling offering limited dual citizenship to attract millions of strategically important diaspora talent who could make extraordinary contribution...

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan said "citizenship is a privilege, not a right" ahead of new rules for people seeking Irish citizenship.

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In this post, Bronwen Manby discusses the events leading up to the adoption of a draft protocol by the African Union on statelessness and the right to a nationality in Africa. The post also the key pr...

Senegal is on course to become the first African Union (AU) member state to sign and ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights relating to the right to a nationality and ...

Kickoff contribution by Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka Comments by Maneesha Deckha, Paola Cavalieri,, Rainer Bauböck Read More ...

Le Conseil des Ministres a examiné et adopté un projet de loi autorisant le Président de la République à ratifier le Protocole à la Charte africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples relatif au dro...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced on Friday that the government was planning to revise its citizenship law to allow some ​Indonesians to hold dual nationality for the first time.

Armenia should toughen legal requirements for ethnic Armenian foreign nationals seeking to become its dual citizens, Deputy Interior Minister Armen Ghazarian said on Friday.

The European University Institute presents a comparison of the citizenship laws of 32 European countries to Parliament