Uzyskać obywatelstwo czy odzyskać prawo do jego posiadania? Postkolonialne odzyskiwanie hiszpańskiego obywatelstwa przez Saharyjki i Saharyjczyków w Hiszpanii
Acquiring citizenship or reclaiming the right to it? The postcolonial regaining of Spanish citizenship by Sahrawis in Spain

Summary/Abstract: Sahrawis migrating to Spain from the refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria) are trapped in a legislative matrix of regulations and their changing interpretations. Their legal situation results both from the previous colonial ties between Western Sahara and Spain and from Spain’s contemporary migration policy. The text will describe the main problems of Sahrawis applying for Spanish citizenship, as well as the ongoing process of post-colonial revival of Spanish citizenship for the community as a whole –both based on the addition of Sahrawis to Article 22.1 of the Spanish Civil Code (recognising historical ties and reducing the time of residence in Spain required to apply for citizenship), and through the Sahrawi community’s advocacy of recognition of Spanish citizenship for those living in the Spanish Western Sahara before 1976 and their descendants.

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