ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an inquiry into the European citizenship itself which also makes a start to the major discussion of how migrants are deprived from EU citizenship rights. National citizenship which has pursued its reign over the political arena ever since the French Revolution draws mainly on two distinct traditions of citizenship: liberal and civic republican. International migration underpins three core elements of a nation-state; the sovereign control over external borders, the regulation of access to citizenship and a nation's cultural self-understanding. The consistent pursuance of Ethnic Minorities Policy has given the Netherlands a key role in the application of multicultural ideas to the politics. The first Dutch nationality law dates from the year of 1892. Being amended several times this law has been totally replaced by 1984 Nationality Act which was lastly amended with the Act of 2003. German law originally only guarantees the protection against the most extreme and explicit forms of racism.
