Author: Niu Ltd

Between the Local and the Global: Plural Citizenship in Australia[1]

  Since Section 17 of the Australian Citizenship Act has been repealed on 4 April 2002, Australians no longer lose their citizenship when acquiring the citizenship of another country.[2] The 116-year-old Section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution, however, still forbids anyone holding plural (dual or multiple) citizenship from running for Parliament.[3] In the wake of […]

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The Way Forward for Grenada’s Citizenship Programme in 2018

  Grenada’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in presenting the country’s 2018 Budget, noted that Grenada’s Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) Programme has exceeded all expectations in 2017 and is now regarded as one of the highest-rated CBI programmes in the world. An impressive performance is projected for 2018 not only because of increasing recognition of Grenada’s […]

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MF Executive Board Concludes 2017 Article IV Consultation with Dominica

On May 12, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation[1] with Dominica, and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting[2]. The recovery from Tropical Storm Erika (August 2015) has been slower than anticipated, with output growth of 1 percent in 2016, dragged down by a storm-related […]

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Annual Global Migration Film Festival Concludes as ‘The Journey’ Wins First Prize

The second annual Global Migration Film Festival drew to a close in Geneva last night (18/12) on International Migrants Day. Of the 300 films submitted to the Film Festival, The Journey, directed by the filmmaker Matthew Cassel in collaboration with Field of Vision, was awarded first prize in the professional filmmaker category. The six-part documentary explores […]

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Trump Appears to Endorse Path to Citizenship for Millions of Immigrants

President Trump on Tuesday appeared open to negotiating a sweeping immigration deal that would eventually grant millions of undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship, declaring that he was willing to “take the heat” politically for an approach that seemed to flatly contradict the anti-immigration stance that charged his political rise. The president made the remarks […]

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