Refugees have the potential to make an impact on the political life of both their host countries and their countries of origin, as they often maintain transnational links with their homelands while at the same time becoming part of their […]
The Government of the Gambia has resumed issuing biometric passport to Gambians. The Ministry of the Interior had last year suspended issuing passports pending a comprehensive review of the entire process of issuance of national documents. The ministry said this will […]
La nationalité ivoirienne est de plus en plus convoitée au point d’inciter certaines personnes véreuses à l’acquérir par la fraude. Outre certains éléments des FACI, Guédou Elie Ousmane, le DG de la Matca, vient d’être épinglé. Quand la nationalité ivoirienne […]
By Bronwen Manby March 2018 saw a series of bold rulings by African courts to protect both prominent politicians and ordinary people against excessive discretion in decisions relating to the right to a nationality. Most notably, the African Court on […]
By OUMA WANZALA A new automated system of issuing birth certificates is set to expose thousands of fake seekers of the documents who engage in double registration and illegal change of personal details. Director of Civil Registration Services Department Janet […]
Legal experts warned that the law could do more harm than good to Egypt’s counterterrorism efforts. By: Amr Emam CAIRO – Egypt’s parliament is debating a bill, publicly supported by many MPs, that would strip convicted terrorists of their citizenship. […]
By Xolisa Phillip Children born in SA to undocumented migrants are entitled to home affairs-issued birth certificates, in what is a major victory for migrants and the Legal Resources Centre. The centre announced on Thursday that, after much « back and […]
Officials in the Ugandan president’s office say visas Israel gives to asylum seekers on their way to Entebbe Airport ‘bear no resemblance to any document our government issues’ By Lee Yaron Uganda says its supposedly official documents that Israel gives […]
Birth certificate issued to child born to undocumented parent In December 2017, the LRC was approached by a Congolese asylum seeker whose wife was heavily pregnant. He was seeking legal advice about her status in South Africa. Shortly after meeting […]
BETOU, CONGO — « They are telling me to go. Go where? What would I do back there? Everyone’s dead, » says Gilbert Bigirimana, an 18-year-old Rwandan living in the Republic of Congo who has never set foot on Rwandan soil. Bigirimana is […]
« Faire en sorte qu’aucun enfant ne naisse apatride ». C’est l’objectif de la coalition mondiale en vue de prévenir le cas d’apatridie chez les enfants. Un atelier de renforcement des capacités en la matière, destiné aux représentants des médias a eu […]
A number of Egyptian MPs recently said that Parliament would discuss a draft law to revoke the Egyptian nationality for those involved in terrorist acts, or involved in an association, organization, gang or any entity that seeks to “harm the […]