Visa controversy at the Maltese Consulate in Algiers
In January 2019, the National Audit Office (NAO) of Malta issued a report on “an investigation of visas issued by the Maltese Consulate...
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How does UNHCR help stateless persons (1/4)?
In discussing the relation between migration and statelessness, we already saw that in 2006 the Member States of the Executive Committee...
What are de facto travel documents?
De facto travel documents are documents which are adequate to cross borders lawfully as well as to reside in a country, but which have no...
What does the reform of the Visa Information System mean for “Golden Visa” programmes?
In January 2019 the European Commission published a report on the risks of investor citizenship and residence schemes in the EU. One of...
What are camouflage and fantasy passports?
A camouflage passport is a document, intended to give the impression that it is a tangible passport, delivered in the name of a country...
The role of remittances sent to China by Chinese migrants’ overseas
In 2017, the world counted 258 million international migrants (3.4% of the world’s population). India is the country with the largest...
The positive effects of migration
Migration affects all countries and individuals in an age of intensified globalization. It is entwined with geopolitics, business and...
What does the Moldovan parliamentary elections mean for Moldova- EU relations?
Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 24 February 2019 to elect the 101 members of the Moldovan Parliament. The pro-Russia...
Immigration law applied to Overseas France
Overseas France consists of two different entities: 1) Overseas Departments and Regions (DROM) which are governed by Article 73 of the...
Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories and Citizenship (4/4): the Netherlands
The final country in our four-part series on non-sovereign Caribbean territories is the Netherlands, which colonised Suriname (until...
An Overview of Chinese Immigration to the United States
A survey of 2011 on the high-income inhabitants in 18 main Chinese cities found that 60 % of people who own assets of RMB 10 million or...
Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories and Citizenship (3/4): United States
The United States arrived as a new player in the Caribbean region around the turn of the twentieth century. After its victory in the...
France’s new migration law
In September 2018 a new immigration law “Loi Collomb” was adopted. The law will enter fully into force by 1 March 2019. Here is an...
Migration and populism
We are taking up the classic definition of populism suggested by Cas Mudde. Populists are inclined to frame politics as a fight amongst...
Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories and Citizenship (2/4): France
In contrast to Britain, as we saw last week, France has always regarded its Caribbean possessions as inherent parts of France which...
Why are there no hotspots in Spain?
The hotspot approach was established by the European Commission as part of the direct action to support EU Member States situated at the...
Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories and Citizenship (1/4): Britain
After a period of colonisation by different European powers, decolonisation in the Caribbean officially began with the 1791 Haitian...
Statelessness and the Global Compact for Migration
In recent months the Future Citizen Institute has reported intensively on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration...
An overview of the Africa Visa Openness Report 2018
In 2015, the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union adopted the Agenda 2063, a plan for socio-economic change in Africa over...
Can “charter cities” be a solution to the migration and refugee crises?
The United Nations projected that by 2050 2,5 billion people will have moved to cities, 90% of which are situated in Africa and Asia....
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