The French Constitutional Council rejected more than a third of the provisions contained in the controversial immigration bill that was adopted under pressure from the far-right, and while human rights organizations considered the ruling a “victory,” right-wing forces described it as a “coup by the judiciary.” French media reported that the texts rejected by the…
In an interesting development, the German Cabinet approved a new draft law to facilitate the naturalization process by reducing the required bureaucratic procedures, and finally allowing dual citizenship. The law still needs Parliament’s approval to enter into force. Under the law, which was approved by the federal government on Wednesday, August 23, foreign persons who…
The German Chancellor: “Germany has become the country of hope for immigrants” The Free Democratic Party: “Now is not the time to ease citizenship procedures” The Minister of Interior: “Those who oppose the reform must reach the twenty-first century” The Christian Social Union: “This reform thwarts the immigrants’ integration plan” The Chairwoman of the Federal…
It’s not just a fleeting distress or pain among others shouldered by Arab immigrants who are in voluntary or compulsory exile, but it’s rather an eerie obsession that keeps them up at night and haunts their thoughts during the day. Not a single day, not even a moment, goes by, on the numerous and varied…
