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The moment of truth for undocumented stateless people in the Netherlands

The legislative proposal published by the Ministry of Justice and Security in September 2016 to introduce a statelessness determination procedure (…
/ Marlotte van Dael, Project Coordinator & Researcher at ASKV Refugee Support
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Addressing Roma statelessness in Albania and beyond

On Friday we published the latest report in our #RomaBelong series, a country study focusing on the link between statelessness, marginalisation and…
/ Nina Murray, European Network on Statelessness and Anisa Metalla, Tirana Legal Aid Society
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#RomaBelong - Statelessness, Discrimination and Marginalisation of Roma in Albania

Produced by the Tirana Legal Aid Society (TLAS), European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the Institute on…
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Statelessness and the second revision of the Global Compact for Migration: What still needs to be addressed?

Happily, statelessness is explicitly addressed in detail in the current draft of the global compact for migration. Much in this document is positive…
/ Tendayi Bloom
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New academic research centre dedicated to statelessness

The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School was officially launched on 26 March 2018.
/ Professor Michelle Foster, Director of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness
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Shining a light on the link between statelessness and minorities

The UN Special Rapporteur on Minorities, Fernand de Varennes, is currently in the process of compiling a thematic report on the link between…
/ Nina Murray - Head of Policy & Research at the European Network on Statelessness (ENS)
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Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues – Statelessness: A Minorities Issue

This joint submission to the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), the European Network on Statelessness (…
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Annual report 2017

Our 2017 annual report "A Catalyst for Action: Working to Address Statelessness in Europe" outlines the continuing development of our Network as a…
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Windrush scandal exposes what may lie ahead for children born in the UK growing up without citizenship

Last year, we wrote about the many barriers to stateless children born in the UK exercising their right to register as British citizens. Those…
/ Solange Valdez-Symonds, PRCBC and Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK
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The normalisation of exceptional powers: deprivation of nationality in France and in the UK

It is now widely accepted that the post 9/11 context prompted a dilution of the rights attached to citizenship.
/ Rachel Pougnet, PhD candidate at University of Bristol
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Hoti v. Croatia – a landmark decision by the European Court of Human Rights on residence rights of a stateless person

Last week the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that Croatia’s failure to ensure stability of residence for Mr. Hoti, who lived in Croatia…
/ Katja Swider, University of Amsterdam
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New book looks at the implementation of the 1954 Convention across the EU

Until the launch of the ENS Statelessness INDEX last month, there was very little information available about how implementation of the 1954…
/ Dr. Katia Bianchini - Researcher at the Max Planck Institute