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ENS joins Taskforce on new Global Alliance to End Statelessness
At the start of this month, our Director Chris Nash represented ENS at the first meeting of a Taskforce established by UNHCR to advise on the…
Our blog – 10 years on and changes ahead…
It's been 10 years since we launched our blog. Since then we have published over 450 blogs written by 257 different authors. In total, the blogs have…
Blog Summer Break
We are celebrating 10 years of the ENS blog. Thank you for your following, sharing and contributing to this body of work! As we review the past 10…
Children born in the largest refugee camp in the world teach us what being stateless means to them
From being born without a State in the world's largest refugee camp to struggling to gain nationality in diaspora communities, statelessness has…
Might a ‘victory for human rights’ in the Netherlands benefit stateless children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): possible applications of Zhao v the Netherlands
Can strategic litigation help end childhood statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? And could the outcomes of strategic litigation…
Preventing and solving statelessness in European law
Within the member states of the Council of Europe and the European Union, much remains to be done to address statelessness. While the laws created by…
Submissions to the Human Rights Council at the 42nd Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
ENS makes submissions to the Human Rights Council both independently and in collaboration with our members and partners. These submissions were made…
Briefing: Palestinians and the search for protection as refugees and stateless persons in Europe
This briefing offers a succinct summary of key issues faced by Palestinians when seeking protection and recommendations to different actors in Europe…
An update on barriers to citizenship facing stateless children in the UK
This blog provides analysis of recent changes affecting children’s rights to be registered as British citizens with particular focus on fees and…
Landmark judgment from Spain: court grants Spanish nationality to a stateless child born en route (a case of “invisible children”)
In 2021, a Spanish court has remarkably recognised as a Spanish national a child who lacked a birth certificate as she was born in transit in Morocco…
“It’s a terrible thing to lose hope”: Re-imagining Protection for Palestinians as Refugees and Stateless Persons
I have represented hundreds of refugees and approximately 20 stateless people seeking protection in the UK, most of them with heart-breaking cases.…