League leader Matteo Salvini has presented a new department of integration and relations with foreign communities in Italy. He said his party wants to become "a political and cultural reference point for all foreign communities in Italy."
UNICEF is calling on Italy to reform its citizenship rules. The UN children's agency demands a birthright law (also known as "Jus soli"), which would grant Italian citizenship to children from migrant and refugee families.
German authorities were unable to establish the origins of more than 470 people seeking asylum last year. Meanwhile, fewer rejected asylum seekers have been deported due to the pandemic.
Easier child access to German citizenship has been floated by integration ministers of Germany's 16 states. But the idea is likely to face opposition from federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
Over 20 migrants' rights organizations have sent a letter to the Italian government to ask for the withdrawal of a regulation which they claim "hinders the regularization" of migrants, "harming those who want to emerge from invisibility."
About 1,000 people gathered outside the Danish parliament in Copenhagen on Wednesday to protest against the government’s plans to repatriate some Syrians who come from the area around the capital Damascus.
Denmark plans to tighten the conditions for citizenship, after a deal struck between the government and three opposition parties. The country already has one of the most restrictive immigration policies in Europe.
The rights of a 10-year-old boy were denied when the Netherlands failed to acknowledge that he was stateless and eligible for international protection, a UN committee has found. It is the first such decision on the right of children to acquire nationality.
The Italian government has activated three telephone numbers for foreigners that have submitted a request for Italian citizenship and want information on the status of their procedure.
In the first six months of 2019, the Italian government issued more than 100,000 new stay permits. In 2020, fewer than 43,000 were issued during the same period -- a 57.7% decline. This is a consequence of the coronavirus emergency, according to a report on non-EU citizens by Italian statistics bureau ISTAT.
Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said Monday that the "time has come" for citizenship reform in the country but that it must be within parliament.
Some believe that if they give birth on European soil, they will somehow receive a residency permit or some form of protection. Let's look at what the law says about this.