Essays about: "Immigration and Nationality Act"

Found 3 essays containing the words Immigration and Nationality Act.

1. 1. Citizenship in Return for Allegiance - A Study on the Facilitated Naturalization of Undocumented Stateless Persons in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Jennifer Kyllergård; [2018]
   Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; international law; komparativ rätt; comparative law; citizenship; nationality; naturalization; facilitated naturalization; acquisition; stateless; statelessness; stateless person; undocumented; undocumented stateless person; identity; identity requirement; passport; identity document; identity card; denaturalization; revocation of citizenship; revocation; deprivation; Sweden; United States of America; United States; U.S.; Swedish Citizenship Act; Immigration and Nationality Act; right to a nationality; human rights; U.S. Constitution; Bill of Rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Following the UNHCR:s launch of the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024 in November 2014, a Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014 – 2024 was adopted urging states to undertake ten actions to end statelessness, including to facilitate the naturalization of stateless migrants. While the facilitated naturalization of stateless persons would certainly reduce the occurrence of statelessness and its consequences, states remain reluctant to lower the standards of naturalization for stateless persons for various reasons. READ MORE

3. 2. Assimilation and Nationality in the Modern State

   University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Andrew Bushnell; [2009]
   Keywords : assimilation; nationality; culture; immigration; immigrants; conservatism; citizenship; membership;

   Abstract : This paper addresses the expectation that immigrants will assimilate into the culture of their new country, why that expectation may be legitimate and how the modern state may act upon it. The central contention made is that because a national culture provides meaning and structure to the lives of members, and because that culture must be both traditional and institutionalized by the state to fulfill that purpose, if the state’s institutions, processes and procedures through their association with the national culture create an assimilative pressure on immigrants, this is morally permissible. READ MORE

4. 3. Does national legislation in Sweden and in the UK conflict with international law protecting refugees?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Katarina Nilsson; [2001]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between international law protecting refugees and national legislation in Sweden and in the UK. International protection is afforded by the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. But also general international human rights instruments are relevant. READ MORE