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Addressing statelessness in Europe’s refugee response and why more needs to be done

“During the initial registration, they wanted to register us as Bangladeshis. We all said no, we are not from there. They kept us there for five or…
/ Laura van Waas, ISI Co-director & Nina Murray, ENS Head of Policy and Research
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Citizenship Under Threat in Myanmar: A Shared Experience

“Why!? Our parents were citizens, but we didn’t get any citizenship cards! We are nationals, but we have to get permission like foreigners to go…
/ Natalie Brinham - Independent consultant and Myanmar specialist
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How the Dutch immigration office prevented a strategic litigation case from unfolding in a decisive court decision for stateless individuals without legal stay

It all started in 2009. The then 22-year-old Nayif Negim travelled from Qatar, where he was born and raised, to Sweden. He had a valid visa to stay…
/ Marlotte van Dael (Project coordinator & researcher, ASKV Refugee Support)
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Reflections from Madrid and galvanising action to solve statelessness in Europe

The launch of a new strategy is always a moment for looking both back and forwards. This week we published our new five-year strategic plan Solving…
/ Chris Nash, Director of the European Network on Statelessness
Strategic plan Publications

Solving statelessness in Europe: Our strategic plan 2019-23

Our five-year strategic plan sets out the ambitious next stage of our development, to be the organisation that works tirelessly alongside people…
/ Strategic plan
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#HearItFromUs – Working with people affected by statelessness to inform and deliver our mission

The specific rights and experiences of stateless people and those affected by nationality problems are rarely acknowledged in the media and policy…
/ Khadija Badri, Advocacy and Engagement Officer at the European Network on Statelssness
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Blockchain technology: the answer to securing legal identity?

Blockchain technology has been touted as a modern and elegant solution to the problems of evidencing and securing legal identity and for the creation…
/ Jo Venkov, Lawyer and writer on statelessness, identity, citizenship and belonging
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Deprivation of nationality on national security grounds in Australia: Part of a wider trend

Citizenship stripping on national security grounds is being used with increasing frequency across Europe. The so-called ‘foreign fighter’ phenomenon…
/ Timnah Baker, Research Fellow, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness
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Joint steps to end statelessness in the Commonwealth of Independent States

It is estimated that statelessness affects millions of people worldwide, including nearly 200,000 in the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)…
/ Zoya Golovneva, Protection Associate - UNHCR Representation in the Republic of Belarus
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Getting to 100%: New video on the importance of ending gender discrimination in nationality laws

On International Women’s Day earlier this month the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights launched a short video that explains the harm…
/ Catherine Harrington, Campaign Manager, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights
Interviews

Interview with Fernand de Varennes, UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues

Prof Fernand de Varennes is Dean of the Faculté de droit at the Université de Moncton. He was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues in…
Impact report 2018 Publications

Impact report 2018

Our 2018 impact report outlines the continuing development of our Network as a catalyst for increased civil society action to address statelessness…
/ Annual report