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Setting the bar higher - The UNHCR NGO Consultations and getting serious about eradicating statelessness

A couple of weeks ago on this site I wrote about the potential for this year’s UNHCR NGO Consultations to act as a springboard for the adoption of…
/ Chris Nash, International Protection Policy Coordinator at Asylum Aid
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Proving statelessness: evidential issues for refused asylum seekers

The introduction of a statelessness determination procedure in the UK in April 2013 was a welcome development. However, it has thrown into sharp…
/ Adrian Berry, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, London
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The UNHCR NGO Consultations in Geneva – A springboard for the adoption of an International Day on Statelessness?

A recent blog on this site considered the non-emergence of statelessness as an issue, and a similar process of reflection has led the European…
/ Chris Nash, International Protection Policy Coordinator at Asylum Aid
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A Government Approach to Moving Statelessness Forward on the International Agenda

The last ENS blog entry dealt with the emergence of the issue of statelessness on the international agenda. Following this approach my contribution…
/ Dr. Tamás MOLNÁR - Head of Unit for Migration, Asylum and Border Management, Hungarian Ministry of Interior
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Litigation, legal aid & law clinics

To a large extent, the Statelessness Programme is a typical academic initiative and many of our activities are those traditionally associated with…
/ Laura van Waas, Statelessness Programme, Tilburg University
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Protecting Stateless Palestinian Refugees – The EU Court of Justice opens a new chapter

The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) advocates for the creation of statelessness-specific protection regimes all over Europe. Where such…
/ Gábor Gyulai, Refugee Programme Coordinator, Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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Bringing legal ghosts out of the shadows – Welcoming a new UK statelessness determination procedure

Back in November 2011 Asylum Aid and UNHCR published their joint study Mapping Statelessness in the United Kingdom. Over the course of a year we…
/ Chris Nash, International Protection Policy Coordinator at Asylum Aid
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Roma statelessness in Italy – field research reveals long-awaited data

The Italian Council for Refugees (CIR), with the support of Open Society Foundations, issued its study summarizing the results of the project “In…
/ Daniela Di Rado, Italian Council for Refugees (CIR)
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Access to Citizenship and its Impact on Integration: Growing attention on the role of the European Union in tackling statelessness?

Last Friday saw an event in Brussels organised by the Migration Policy Group (MPG) to present EUDO CITIZENSHIP’s latest research as part of an EU-…
/ Chris Nash, International Protection Policy Coordinator at Asylum Aid
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Statelessness having been mapped, it’s time to act now for Belgian authorities, before momentum passes

Last Wednesday 6th February 2013, UNHCR finally presented its ‘Mapping Statelessness in Belgium’ report in the National Parliament.
/ Ruben Wissing, Jurist policy coordinator at Belgian Refugee Council (BCHV-CBAR)
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Engaging the Human Rights World on Statelessness

2013 has crept up on us as all New Years do; too soon, with too much work undone and with too many problems of the previous year left unresolved.…
/ Amal de Chickera
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Statelessness Status Determination in Italy: Quality Assurance Needed!

Previous posts have highlighted the importance of statelessness status determination procedures for providing protection to stateless persons (here…
/ Laura Bingham, legal officer for the equality/citizenship issue area of the Open Society Justice Initiative