Workshop: Citizenship of children of immigrants – Legal status and life opportunities in host country societies
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 ...