Everything you need to know about statelessness

Focus on Europe at the High-Level Segment on Statelessness

In the run-up to the event, ENS prepared a briefing note which outlines our main concerns and the actions needed if Europe is to end statelessness.…

Statelessness is back (not that it ever went away...)

Citizenship deprivation and statelessness are very much back in fashion. States increasingly resort to such measures to deal with those returning…

High-Level Segment on Statelessness: Global Civil Society Statement

Ahead of the High-Level Segment on Statelessness we have joined a global coalition of civil society organisations in issuing a statement to mark the…

Briefing on the High Level Segment on Statelessness

Ahead of the UNHCR’s High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS) which will take place during the 70th annual plenary session of the Executive…

Ahead of next week’s UN global meeting in Geneva: Why Europe must redouble its efforts to tackle statelessness

On Monday, governments and regional institutions from across the globe will gather in Geneva for UNHCR’s High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS)…

Protección de los apátridas contra la detención arbitraria – guía regional para profesionales

Esta guía tiene por objeto servir de recurso a todos los actores que se encuentran con las personas apátridas - incluso abogados, ONG y personas…

A State of Less

When you are stateless, you live your whole life in limbo, from the day you were born until the day you die.

The silent truth about stateless people in Poland

In Poland, statelessness is a small problem. So small in fact, that it's easy to ignore. Government sources provide diverging statistics on the…

Stateless Syrians in Europe: Navigating the “Knowledge Gap”

Over the last two years, I have participated in the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI)’s…

Colombia acts to ensure children born to Venezuelan parents are not left stateless - but there’s still room for improvement

Venezuela is currently going through a political, economic, social, institutional, and human rights crisis — causing millions of people to leave.…

Joint Submission on the right of every child to acquire a nationality under Article 7 UNCRC - Hungary

This joint submission by the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the European Network on Statelessness…

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…