Permanent Residence and Access to Citizenship of Persons Who Have Been Granted Asylum
Permanent Residence and Access to Citizenship of Persons Who Have Been Granted Asylum

Author(s): Miroslava Jelačić Kojić, Gordana Grujičić
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Grupa 484
Keywords: refugees; integration; citizenship; residence
Summary/Abstract: According to the latest data published by EUROSTAT, during the year 2017 approximately 826,000 persons acquired the nationality of one of the EU Member States. Only about 17 percent of them were already nationals of other Member States, while most were third country nationals or did not have any nationality.1 In addition, during the same year, 49,590 persons were granted refugee status and 31,140 subsidiary protection. In 2018, 41,720 persons obtained a refugee status, while 38,420 persons were granted subsidiary protection.2 In order to ensure the greatest possible level of integration and naturalisation of refugees, several EU Member States amended their national legislation regulating citizenship requirements and procedures by reducing the required period of legal residence and/or administrative costs of the procedure, and by eliminating the obligation to renounce the citizenship of the country of origin.

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