Why has Italy tightened citizenship rules? | Migration News

Italy’s government has tightened the country’s citizenship laws, amid criticism that people – often with little real connection to the European nation – were delving into their family history to try to claim a passport only to ease their travel around the world.

Fewer people of Italian descent will now be able to obtain citizenship after the government narrowed its eligibility criteria to those with Italian parents or grandparents.

The government says it changed the rules around…