Citizenship and nationality law

Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ensures equality regarding sexual orientation and gender identity in Canada.

This book explores the ambit of the notion of persecution in international law and its relevance in the current geopolitical context, more specifically for refugee women.

This book challenges the common European notions about African migration to Europe and offers a holistic understanding of the current situation in Africa.

Can the Australian state be restructured to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and ensure that their distinct voices are heard in the processes of government?

As a leading country in global refugee resettlement, Canada operates a unique program that allows private groups and individuals to sponsor refugees.

Different constitutions of the Court of Appeal have repeatedly warned practitioners (both defence and prosecution) of the need to be fully informed of the law relating to immigration offences and the defences available to criminal charges in an immigration context.

With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their race and class.

Recommended by The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, in her 2020 report on The Modern Slavery Act 2015 Statutory Defence: A call for evidence "e;Rarely can the talent of so many practitioners be accessed in one convenient resource.

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This book brings together contributions from some of the leading authorities in the field of EU immigration and asylum law to reflect upon developments since the Amsterdam Treaty and, particularly, the Tampere European Council in 1999.

Sanctuary Practices in Perspective examines the diverse, complex, and mutating practice of providing sanctuary to asylum-seekers.

Migration, Family and the Welfare State explores understandings and practices of integration in the Scandinavian welfare societies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden through a comprehensive range of detailed ethnographic studies.

Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control explores the complex relationship between migrants and local aid organisations.

This book is an indispensable guide for high net worth individualsand entrepreneurs considering relocating to Austria and will also beof great value to their advisors.

An assessment of the impact of asylum on the integrity of the rule of law in five common law jurisdictions.

Examination of the worldwide emulation of key norms of European refugee protection through transnational processes and actors.

Das Standardwerk zum Asylverfahren der SchweizDie dritte, aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage des Handbuchs zum Asyl- und Wegweisungsverfahren bietet einen umfassenden und detaillierten Überblick über das am 1.

Written by the recognised world authority on the subject, this title remains the definitive work on British nationality law.

The essays in Europe in Black and White offer new critical perspectives on race, immigration, and identity on the Old Continent.

A novel legal argument about the voting rights of refugees recognised in the 1951 Geneva Convention.

A Guide to the Immigration Act 2016 is produced in association with ILPA and provides a clear and straightforward explanation to the provisions of this legislation, with relevant commentary following each section of the Act.

Citizenship presents two faces.

Law can be looked at from both an internal legal perspective - reflected in the official discourse supporting legal decisions - and an external perspective - which is pursued by studies that look at the law from the outside as the subject of sociological, economic, or philosophical analysis.

A fundamental resource for anyone interested in the long-term ramifications of the European migration crisis, this book objectively assesses how Europe's future course will be impacted by the key security, political, and economic trends and events stemming from the migration crisis.

Social tensions between majority and minority populations often center on claims that minorities are largely responsible for crime and disorder.

Während andere Staaten im Zuge weitreichender Terrorismusbekämpfungsmaßnahmen, den Verlust der Staatsangehörigkeit für Terroristen und Extremisten seit Längerem vorsehen, fand die Diskussion um eine terrorismus- und extremismusbezogene Anpassung des deutschen Staatsangehörigkeitsrechts vergleichsweise sehr spät Einzug in die Politik.

How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belongingIn the winter of 1873, Nissim Shamama, a wealthy Jew from Tunisia, died suddenly in his palazzo in Livorno, Italy.

Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War.

Money shapes all aspects of migration.

From anxiety about Muslim immigrants in Western Europe to concerns about undocumented workers and cross-border security threats in the United States, disputes over immigration have proliferated and intensified in recent years.

In God vs.

Despite the key importance of accountability for the legitimacy of humanitarian action, inadequate academic attention has been given to how the concept of accountability is evolving within the specific branches of the humanitarian enterprise.

“The encouraging story of American acceptance of gay marriage and the roles that politicians—gay and straight—have played in that history” (The Philadelphia Tribune).