Category - citizenship

Democracy campaigners accuse Goldsmith of 'IKEA nationalism'

staff writers — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:50:18 +0000

Unlock Democracy, which promotes democratic renewal and active engagement in the political process, has criticised Lord Goldsmith's citizenship review for its narrow view of what it means to be a UK citizen.

Storm over Queen and country school citizenship proposals

staff writers — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:26:16 +0000

Lord Goldsmith, speaking for the government citizenship review, walked into a backlash today over proposals that school-leavers should be encouraged to swear an oath of allegiance to Queen and country.

Brown accused of treating migrants as second-class people

staff writers — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:31:24 +0000

Home Office plans to introduce an "earned citizenship" system for immigrants from outside the European Union who want to become British have been attacked as descriminatory and degrading by campaigners.

Canadian Mennonites face threat to citizenship

staff writers — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:33:10 +0000

Hundreds of Mennonites living in Canada may face losing their Canadian citizenship on account of the non-recognition of church marriages in Latin America, where some 7,000 of their ancestors moved in the 1920s, reports UPI and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.