Research on foreigners

During the last few decades, circumstances relating to foreigners in Denmark have given rise to a number of human rights issues.

This concerns newly arrived as well as permanently residing foreigners; important issues are family reunification, naturalisation, confinement, deportation, extradition and exceptional leave to remain (tolerated stay).

These sensitive issues require that the Institute must be informed in depth on the rights and implications of international human rights law with respect to foreigners in order that the Institute may fulfil its advisory and expert function; hence, the need for research-based knowledge.

Research projects

The effect of the restrictions of Danish citizenship legislation for immigrants and their descendants’ acquisition of Danish citizenship.

Contact persons: Eva Ersbøll and Karen Keller

Religious-related issues and challenges at Danish asylum centers.

Contact persons: Marie Juul Petersen and Eva Maria Lassen

This project explores how states cooperate in relation to asylum seekers and refugees at all stages of displacement.

Contact person: Nikolas Feith Tan

Research on the legal standards applicable to the end of protection for Convention refugees and subsidiary protection holders.

Contact person: Nikolas Feith Tan

This project investigates the asylum jurisprudence of the UN treaty bodies.

Contact person: Nikolas Feith Tan

Research publications

2021

Journal articles

Popular articles

  • Ersbøll, E., 'Alien in one's own country?', https://globalcit.eu/category/blog/, 2021.
  • Ersbøll, E., 'Statelessness in Denmark: UNHCR mapping sheds light on national law and practice, https://www.statelessness.eu/updates/blog/statelessness-denmark-unhcr-mapping-sheds-light-national-law-and-practice ', , 2021.

Reports

  • Garly, L, Ersbøll, E, Keller, K, Munkholm; M.C,, Krusaa, N. M., Maskell, A. , Fremmed i eget Land? Adgang til dansk statsborgerskab for børn og unge, der er født og/eller opvokset i Danmark, , , 2021 (Non-peer-reviewed).

2020

Book chapters

  • Ersbøll, Eva, 'Dansk Statsborgerskab, kapitel 4' in Ersbøll, E, Homann, G, Khawaja, E , Larsen; N.H., Nørgaard, U, Spang, B, Vedsted-Hansen, J., Udlændingeret, 4. udgave, bind 2 , Copenhagen: DJØF's Forlag, 2020, s. 275-442 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Journal articles

Popular articles