Lords Committee to hear about international trends on citizenship and immigration policy
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee is holding its fifth evidence session for its inquiry into settlement, citizenship and integration.
Meeting details
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Settlement, Citizenship and Integration
Institute of Sociology at University of Bern
Professor of European Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Centre for Migration Law at Radboud University
The Committee will hear from three leading international scholars who have written extensively about citizenship and immigration in a European and global context. The Committee will ask questions about how other countries test the civic knowledge of prospective citizens, the rights associated with citizenship and the naturalisation processes in other countries.
Possible questions
- How is integration assessed? What role should local authorities and civil society play in supporting integration versus national policy and structures?
- What factors most strongly drive successful integration?
- What are the alternatives to citizenship tests?
- Does the use of temporary or highly restrictive visas undermine long-term integration prospects?
- How are language requirements used at different stages of the settlement journey?
- What are the typical advantages associated with citizenship versus remaining on right to residency/indefinite leave to remain (for example, voting rights)?
- What does the revocation of citizenship say about a state’s view of its citizens? How does the UK’s use of Citizenship Deprivation Orders compare internationally?