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The only way to overcome COVID-19 is to work together: Involving stateless people in Europe’s COVID-19 response
A few weeks ago, a group of 20 stateless activists and community representatives from different countries in Europe came together with ENS’ support,…
Country position paper: Statelessness in Iran
Iran has an estimated population of 82.1 million people and is home to an unknown number of stateless people. Comprehensive data about the problem of…
Country position paper: Statelessness in Iraq
Iraq has a population of 40.4 million people, and is home to an estimated 47,515 stateless people, although it is possible that the true figure for…
Country position paper: Statelessness in Syria
Syria has a population of 18.5 million people, with the latest UN estimates suggesting it is home to 160,000 stateless persons. However, this…
Addressing statelessness in Europe’s refugee response: Gaps and Opportunities
Statelessness is an overlooked and often invisible feature of the forced migration context in Europe. Actors involved in the refugee response are…
Country Position Paper: Statelessness in Kuwait
Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people, of whom more than half are not Kuwaiti citizens. The country is also home to an estimated 93,000…
Country position paper: Statelessness in Myanmar
Myanmar has a population of 50.3 million people. The country is also home to an estimated 495,939 stateless Rohingya, the country’s main stateless…
Statelessness Index - assessing how countries in Europe protect stateless people
The European Network on Statelessness Director Chris Nash speaks about the Statelessness Index (https://index.statelessness.eu/) - the first and only…
Harmonising standards on statelessness determination in Europe
Nationality is the closest legal tie between a natural person and a state. Stateless individuals lack this bond. To provide stateless persons with…
#LockedinLimbo - Why Europe must stop detention of stateless people
Director of the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) Chris Nash, explains why ENS started our #LockedinLimbo campaign to protect some of the most…
Commissioner for Human Rights calls for stop to arbitrary detention of stateless people
Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights calls on countries to identify and protect stateless persons from arbitrary detention.