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Date/Time Date(s) - 26/06/20 All Day Location UM Categories No Categories This workshop brings together researchers from various backgrounds to discuss ongoing research on how legal status affects the life opportunities of children of immigrants in Western countries. While access to citizenship for immigrants has been increasingly restricted or questioned in host societies over the last decades, little is known about whether and how children of immigrants get access to the citizenship of their country of birth and/or of residence, and how this may impact their life chances and outcomes. Legal status is not only relevant for children of the so-called “1.5 generation”, who do not obtain citizenship based on ius soli , but also for native-born children of immigrants living in countries with a ius sanguinis tradition. If they do not become citizens at birth, children of immigrants typically rely on their parents to acquire the host country citizenship, raising the ...

© UNHCR/J.Björgvinsson A mother and her children at a detention centre in Greece. UNHCR advocates alternatives to detention, especially for vulnerable asylum-seekers such as mothers and children. The UN Refugee Agency has issued new guidelines on the detention of asylum-seekers and is concerned at its growing use in a number of countries. The guidelines  represent UNHCR policy and are intended as advice for governments and other bodies making decisions on detaining people. As a principle, UNHCR opposes detention of people seeking international protection. The new guidelines make clear that seeking asylum is not a criminal act, and that indefinite and mandatory forms of detention are prohibited under international law, Adrian Edwards, UNHCR spokesman explained. We are disappointed that many countries continue to hold asylum-seekers in detention, sometimes for long periods and in poor conditions, including in some cases in prisons toget...