Today we draw attention to two pieces of academic scholarship that partly fill the knowledge gap of the Chinese and Indian diaspora, the...

Former US Secretary of State, John Kerry, talked climate change, its subsequent effect on migration, and how Brexit plays into all of...

It was seen over the last few weeks that birthright citizenship in the United States has come under attack under the Trump...

During a time when birthright citizenship is under attack in the US, the New York Times reports that a proposed law in Ireland would...

In April 2013, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which reports to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the...

Former presidential candidate and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Europe needs “to get a handle on migration”, blaming the...

Among the many causes that triggered Brexit, a central argument was the wish to ‘take back control’ from the EU and regain national...

The Central American migrant caravan has the potential to become a humanitarian crisis of Syrian proportions as the US strengthens its...

While citizenship has been called an elusive phenomenon, Katherine Tonkiss and Tendayi Bloom have argued that – surprisingly – the term...

We have explored the issue of nationality as a human right before, namely how it used to signify an allegiance to a ruler or territory...

To end global statelessness within 6 years, an ambitious goal set by UNHCR under its Global Action Plan 2014-2024, the Southeast Asian...

David Davis, Boris Johnson, Suella Braverman, and Dominic Raab have resigned in response to the “lose-lose” Brexit deal that the cabinet...

The terms Global North and Global South have become increasingly popular terms to categorize countries and have also been used by us....

The 17th Karmapa, one of the top contenders to succeed the Dalai Lama, has received the citizenship of Dominica by investment. His...

Two Latin terms frequently come up in discussions on nationality and citizenship – ius sanguinis and ius soli. These principles refer to...

Last month, the first gender-neutral passport containing the gender designation X was issued by the Netherlands to a 57-year old who...

Countries are backing down from the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM), as the official adoption date...

In 2017, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to a robot named Sophia. Despite arguments that neither human society nor technology is ready...

While the Westphalian age of sovereign nations that we previously discussed is characterized by a close intertwinement of democracy,...

Democrats take control of the House of Representatives in a crucial move to counterbalance president Trump’s power. The Senate, however,...