Swaziland: Whether Swaziland and Nigeria have entered into an agreement which permits dual citizenship between the two countries
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 17 April 2003 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SWZ40883.E |
| Reference | 5 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Swaziland: Whether Swaziland and Nigeria have entered into an agreement which permits dual citizenship between the two countries, 17 April 2003, SWZ40883.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4e2038.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Reports on whether the Kingdom of Swaziland and Nigeria have entered into an agreement which permits dual citizenship between the two countries could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate, and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Swaziland in Washington DC, did not provide information on the subject. However, the following information may be of interest.
According to Country Reports 2002,
Citizenship law nominally permits nonethnic Swazis to obtain passports and citizenship documents; however, individuals seeking these documents sometimes experienced lengthy processing delays, in part due to occasional prejudice that mixed-race and white persons were not real Swazis ... Political dissenters often had their citizenship questioned and could experience difficulty in obtaining travel documents (31 Mar. 2003).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2002. 2003. United States Department of State. Washington, DC. Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series
Country Reports
Embassy of the Kingdom of Swaziland
IRB Databases
Keesing's Record of World Events
NEXIS
The Political Handbook of the World
Resource Centre. Country File. Swaziland
Internet sites, including:
Accord
Africa Files
Afronet
Search engines, including:
Google
