France: Copy of the citizenship laws, and on whether citizens of France would lose their citizenship if they acquire Yugoslavian citizenship
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | FRA26312.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, France: Copy of the citizenship laws, and on whether citizens of France would lose their citizenship if they acquire Yugoslavian citizenship, 1 March 1997, FRA26312.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab360.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
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For information on French citizenship, please consult the attached documents. Information on multiple citizenship between France and Yugoslavia could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
The Christian Science Monitor. 14 November 1986. "France Makes It Tougher to be Granted Citizenship." (NEXIS)
The Ethnic Newswatch Journal. 27 May 1993. "Nationality Bill Divides French Parliament." (NEXIS)
_____. 6 May 1993. Dawn Baptiste. "France Redefines Citizenship: Right Wing Government Moves to Tighten Immigration Laws for Non-White French Children." (NEXIS)
European Bulletin on Nationality. March 1996. (DIR/JUR96). (France.( Stasbourg: Council of Europe, pp. 47-53.
France. 1993. Nouvelle rédaction du Code civil intégrant les dispositions nouvelles de la loi no 93-933 du 22 juillet 1993 réformant le droit de la nationalité. Document sent to the DIRB by the Embassy of France in Ottawa.
The Gazette [Montréal]. 16 May 1993. Matthew Fraser. "No Birthright; French Law Turns Children Into Citizens of No Country." (NEXIS)
Journal officiel de la république française. 13 September 1991. (Décret no. 91-902 du 6 septembre portant publication de l'ordonnance no. 45-2658 du 2 novembre 1945 modifié relative aux conditions d'entrée et de séjour des étrangers en France,( pp. 1258-1262.
Merlin, Jean. November 1993. (France.( Juris-Classeur Nationalité. Edited by Charles L. Closset and Michel J. Verwilgen. Paris: Éditions Techniques.
Los Angeles Times. 15 August 1993. "French Law on Immigration is to Be Rewritten." (NEXIS)
The Manchester Guardian Weekly. 17 January 1988. "France's New Citizens Confound a Falling Birth Rate." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 24 January 1997. "Fewer Immigrants Becoming French Citizens." (NEXIS)
_____. 6 November 1996. "France to Plug Tough Immigration Law Loopholes." (NEXIS)
_____. 12 January 1996. "French Law on Immigrants has Only Partial Success." (NEXIS)
_____. 12 March 1987. "French Government Retreats From Controversial Nationality Code." (NEXIS)
_____. 12 November 1986. "France to Push Ahead With Major Reform of Nationality Laws." (NEXIS)
The New York Times. 7 January 1994. Alan Riding. "France to Deport More Immigrants." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Passports Handbook. 1987 [with current amendments]. Utrecht: Kluwerpers.
Immigration and Nationality: Law and Practice [London]. Quarterly. Tolley Publishing Company.
Relevant laws on citizenship.
Foreign diplomatic representatives in Canada.
Canadian diplomatic representatives abroad.
Note on contacting foreign diplomatic representatives in Canada:
Embassies and high commissions are not usually called for security-related questions such as location of military bases or the functioning of secret services. Ability to obtain information from diplomatic representatives depends on availability of information and cooperation from individual countries.
Note on contacting Canadian diplomatic representatives serving abroad:
The DIRB must go through the CIC's International Services Group in order to ask questions of Canadian diplomatic representatives serving abroad. The procedures for contacting Canadian missions will cause delays in responding to Information Requests. Moreover, ability to obtain information is subject to Canadian missions' resource limitations.
Note:
This list is not exhaustive. Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not included.
