Everything you need to know about statelessness

Lack of data as an obstacle to addressing statelessness in the context of the refugee crisis in Germany

Getting a clear picture of the situation of stateless people in Germany is tricky because information provided by the authorities is scattered and…

The Black Box of Nationality – Testing refugees’ and stateless persons’ facilitated access to nationality through the example of Hungary

Refugees and stateless persons have “more right” than others to the nationality of the country where they live. At least, this is what international…

Is Latvia condemning older generations to non-citizenship?

“Grandmother, you have lived and worked your whole life in Latvia, and survived a war... How is it possible that you, such a remarkable person, are…

Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention in Poland

ENS report “Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention in poland”, is the third in a series of country reports highlighting the gaps and…

Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention in Malta

ENS report “Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention in Malta”, is the second in a series of country reports highlighting the gaps and…

Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention in the Netherlands

ENS report “Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention in the Netherlands” is the first in a series of country reports highlighting the…

The World’s Stateless: a new report on why size does and doesn’t matter

Today, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion launched its inaugural World’s Stateless report. The report focuses largely on the question of…

A stateless person, a refugee and an irregular migrant walk into a bar…

She gets a beer and waits for the world cup game to begin.

From Commitments to Achievements? The Zagreb Declaration on Access to Civil Documentation and Registration in South Eastern Europe

We know that there are still around 20,000 people who lack basic civil documentation and registration in South East Europe. This figure can only be…

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…

A Global Campaign to End Statelessness - The Time Has Come

For too long statelessness has remained a sleeper issue. This is surprising considering that UNHCR's latest statistics confirm 3.5 million stateless…