EU’s entry-exit system now fully operational – milestone or misery?
The EU's new entry-exit system (EES) is now fully operational, and the initial results have been mixed.
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Austrian Citizenship for descendants of Holocaust survivors: a small but important token of reconciliation
Since September 2020, survivors of Nazi persecution and their descendants have been able to acquire Austrian citizenship in privileged citizenship proceedings. Time to take stock and to share our experiences.
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Austrian citizenship for descendants of Holocaust victims – earliest date for fear of persecution: March 1938, January 1933, or November 1918?
Viennese citizenship authorities opine that well-founded fear of Nazi persecution in Austria can be established long before 30 March 1933 and thus significantly increase the number of eligible descendants.
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Eligibility of descendants of former concentration camp inmates for privileged naturalisation
Vienna Administrative Court acknowledges continuing effects of Nazi persecution even after the end of WWII and eligibility of descendants of former concentration camp inmates for privileged naturalisation
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ECJ strengthens rights of long-term residents
Even short-term stays in the territory of the European Union prevent the loss of long-term resident status
Jugdment of 20 January 2022, C-432/20
April 2022 amendments to the Austrian Citizenship Act
April 2022 amendments to the Austrian Citizenship Act (Federal Gazette I 48/2022) include new groups of descendants of victims of Nazi persecution
Federal Gazette I 48/2022
Privileged acquisition of a foreign nationality justifies retention of Austrian citizenship
Privileged acquisition of a foreign (here: German) nationality by descendants of victims of Nazi persecution justifies retention of Austrian citizenship
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