France - 2012
Is there automatic citizenship acquisition by birth for migrant children born in the country?
- Code:
- RED102
- Key Area:
- Political & Civic Participation
- Strand(s):
- Equality
| Short Answer |
Migrant children born in France can acquire French nationality if several conditions are observed |
| Qualitative Info |
Migrant children born in France acquire French nationality at the age of majority (18), if by that date they have been ordinarily resident in France for a continuous or non-continuous period of at least five years since the age of eleven. |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants |
| Type (R/D) | |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Political participation, Integration - social cohesion |
| External Url | http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006165743&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070721&dateTexte=20120109 |
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