Family Reunification Rights of (Migrant) Union Citizens: Towards a More Liberal Approach

Dual citizenship rights: do they make more and richer citizens?

In the 1990s, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Brazil passed dual citizenship laws granting their expatriates the right to naturalize in the receiving country without losing their nationality of origin. I estimate the effects of these new laws on naturalization rates and labor market outcomes in the United States. Based on data from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. censuses, I f...

Family Reunification—Concepts and Challenges

This article offers an outline for the components of disaster planning and response where considerations for family reunification should occur and describes the challenges and solutions within each. Challenges and solutions are described in 6 areas including practice and planning, clinical services, ancillary support, transportation and accommodations, communication and identification, and psyc...

Migrant workers' health rights unmet.

A more liberal approach towards induction of labour in prolonged pregnancy does not result in an adverse labour outcome.

INTRODUCTION Discussions among Norwegian obstetricians on how to handle prolonged pregnancies have been ongoing throughout the past decade. In 2011, the Norwegian Directorate of Health recommended a specialist care consultation one week after the estimated date of delivery, implying prompt induction of labour in women at risk. The aim of this study was to compare an expectant management with a ...

Human Rights in the Neo-liberal Imagination