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Cyprus

Indefinite deferral of decision

In Cyprus, temporal bordering along ethnic lines happens when applicants for Cypriot nationality are not…

Politicized birth registration practices as part of conflict / contests over territory

Cyprus is divided into the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, a de facto state only…

Legal gender discrimination

In the Dominican Republic (DR), a mother who is a naturalized citizen does not have…

Civil registrar discretion

In the Dominican Republic, even documented Haitian-descended Dominican mothers are racially profiled and blocked from…

Temporary identity, migration management, and statelessness solutions

In the Dominican Republic, in 2014 temporary regularization drives targeted at Haitian descended people caused…

Indefinite deferral of decision

In the Dominican Republic (DR), naturalization applications for those of foreign ancestry who had never…

Retroactive denationalization enabled by electronic birth registers

In the Dominican Republic, birth registration has become a site at which people are subject…

Hospital documentation practices

In the Dominican Republic, hospital staff are responsible for deciding who gets a ‘pink certificate,’…

Blocked access to reproductive healthcare

In the Dominican Republic, Haitian descended women face maltreatment in hospitals, which hinders access to…

Expansive legal and administrative interpretation of “in transit” exceptions for all children born to foreigners without status

In the Dominican Republic (DR), an expansive interpretation of “in transit” has been applied to…

Administrative blockage for children of mixed status parents

In the Dominican Republic, there is a bifurcated birth registration system for citizens/non-citizens. Migrants and…

Legal and administrative obstacles for foreign parents with precarious status

In Ecuador, foreign parents with precarious status face multiple obstacles to registering their children’s births….