The head of the international Red Cross has sharply criticised Britain’s policy of stripping the citizenship of people held in Syria after the fall of Islamic State, saying it is “not conducive” to long-term peace in the region. Peter Maurer said the UK and other western countries also needed to consider repatriating children held with their […]
It was right and proper that Lisa Smith and her daughter be brought back to Ireland as Irish citizens and treated in a humane manner. Depriving so-called Isis brides of citizenship — as the British and Dutch governments have done — renders them stateless and is pointless and self defeating. It’s bad for security and […]
Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to foreigners in fields such as medicine and technology on Thursday, in a bid to diversify the kingdom’s economy. The changes are part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s economic and social reform plans to steer the economy away from its reliance on oil. Citizenship is difficult to obtain in the […]
The chief executive of the Investment Migration Council, Mr Bruno L’ecuyer was invited to exchange views with the Council of Europe’s Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons addressing Investment migration: trends, advantages, standards. The meeting took place in Paris on the 2nd December 2019. The following is the transcript of Mr L’ecuyer’ s […]
On 2 December, Bruno L’ecuyer, Chief Executive, participated at the council of Europe’s committee meeting on the subject of Migration, Refugees and Displaced persons. Bruno was invited to present the views of the industry based on the points by the committee as attached. The meeting was held in the presence of the Parliamentary Assembly for […]
The Qatar-based Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel, Al Jazeera, in a one-hour programme aired across the region earlier this week, alleged that Caribbean countries with CBI programmes were also selling diplomatic passports to individuals who make significant financial contribution to political parties. The television station named Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent and the […]
The proposed “Citizenship (Amendment) Bill” is yet another blatant anti-Muslim legislation by the BJP government in India. The bill proposes to amend the Citizenship Act 1955 so as to enable Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain, and Parsi illegal migrants from three neighbouring countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan) to become eligible for citizenship of India. In […]
Cyprus has stripped Kremlin-friendly Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and two other Russian nationals of Cypriot passports after admitting flaws in its citizenship-for-investment program, Cyprus’ Politis newspaper reported Wednesday. Cyprus said this month it had started a process to strip 26 individuals of citizenship they received under a secretive passports-for-investment scheme. Sources on the Mediterranean island had told Reuters its list […]
The ramifications of a ‘hard’ Brexit could see the United Kingdom plummet out of the world’s top ten best nationalities to 56th globally, according to new research. Britain is currently the eighth best nationality in the world, according to the research – but is tenth in the rankings due to some countries being in joint position. France on […]
It started in the evening on September 18, two years ago. The winds picked up; waves began crashing ashore with intensity; the skies darkened. Unbeknownst to the people of Dominica, Hurricane Maria was slowly gathering the strength it needed to destroy over 90 percent of the island’s structures, cripple its economy, and force a small country […]
