Just under a quarter of residents of the Bundesrepublik have foreign roots, up 4.4 percent year-on-year, government statistics show. The figures released by destatis on Wednesday show that roughly 19.3 million of Germany’s population had a migrant background in 2017. The number was a record high. Someone is considered to have a migrant background if […]
Henley & Partners, the leading global investment migration firm, has welcomed the announcement by the Government of Montenegro that it will launch its long-awaited citizenship-by-investment program in October. It follows the decision a few weeks ago by another European nation, Moldova, to award Henley & Partners the mandate to design, implement, and promote its much-anticipated Moldova Citizenship-by-Investment (MCBI) […]
Since 2012, 738 people lost their citizenship including journalists, human rights activists and religious scholars. Bahrain has stripped hundreds of people of their citizenship since 2012, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). In total, 738 people – including journalists, human rights activists and religious scholars – had their citizenship revoked through executive […]
The UAE is set to launch a new system of entry visas for investors and professionals valid for up to 10 years in a bid to attract more international investors and top talent from across the world. The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (FAIC) said that its board has approved a plan for implementing […]
Almost €210 million has been invested in Ireland in the first five years of a government scheme which grants residency to foreign investors. New figures show €209.6 million of investments were approved under the Immigrant Investor Programme up to the end of March last year. A further €131.3 million in investment projects were rejected over […]
Margaret Atwood is adding another accolade to her collection as the 2018 laureate of the Adrienne Clarkson Prize for Global Citizenship. The annual prize, named for former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, is awarded annually to an individual who has demonstrated commitment to the principles of inclusion and belonging. In a statement, Clarkson lauded Atwood’s luminous literary career and social […]
The fall in immigration since Brexit is already costing the UK more than £1bn a year, according to new analysis by an independent think tank. Global Future, which promotes the benefits of openness, calculates that the loss to the public finances is the equivalent of more than 23,000 nurses or 18,000 doctors. It also claims that meeting the government’s immigration […]
Immigrants who are legally in the country and have applied to become U.S. citizens are having to wait as much as 20 months for their applications to be processed. Since President Donald Trump was elected, the backlog of pending applications has “skyrocketed,” according to NBC News. There were nearly 730,000 pending naturalization applications as of […]
The Solomon Islands’ parliament has received proposed dual citizenship legislation from the government ahead of this month’s sitting. It is one of four new bills received so far. Among the others is an amendment to a new tax bill and legislation on government payments and the country’s electoral system. Last month during a multi-country tour […]
Immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 reservists who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance […]
