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UK Home Office changes to Immigration Rules on statelessness: a mixed bag

The extension of stateless leave from 2.5 to 5 years is very welcome; other changes to the Immigration Rules relating to statelessness raise concerns.
/ Cynthia Orchard, Statelessness Policy and Casework Coordinator at Asylum Aid and Judith Carter, Lecturer and In-house Solicitor at the Liverpool Law Clinic
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The power to deprive: prejudiced and precarious citizenship

“The baby turned blue and was cold.” Shamima Begum’s three-week-old son Jarrah has died in the Al-Roj camp in Syria. This is Shamima Begum’s third…
/ Amal de Chickera, Co-Director of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
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Statelessness in Belgium: a blurred landscape

Over the last few years, procedures to access international protection in Belgium have become more complex. Quality information and support are…
/ Julie Lejeune, NANSEN (Belgian Refugee Council)
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Joint submission to Belgian Parliament on new legislative proposal for a stateless protection status

On 1 March 2019, ENS and its Belgian member, NANSEN, submitted joint comments to the Home Affairs Committee of the Belgian Federal Parliament on a…
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Tackling statelessness in Kyrgyzstan and the wider Central Asia region – the importance of networking

Kyrgyzstan is one of the fifteen former Soviet Union republics, which inherited numerous nationality issues following the collapse of the USSR.…
/ Azizbek Ashurov – Director of Ferghana Lawyers
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Tainted trust - Despite the introduction of a statelessness determination procedure, stateless persons in Bulgaria still face arbitrary detention

The shocking treatment of one of our clients - Dr Sager Al-Anezi - highlights the importance of new analysis published this week as part of the #…
/ Dr. Valeria Ilareva, Foundation for Access to Rights - FAR
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Global Data Justice: framing the (mis)fit between statelessness and technology

Global Data Justice is an emerging field of research centering on the idea that we should base the governance of data technologies on social justice…
/ Linnet Taylor, Associate Professor at Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) & Hellen Mukiri-Smith, PhD Researcher at TILT
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European Court of Human Rights again finds extended detention of stateless individuals illegal: two successful cases by ADC Memorial

On January 29 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a judgment in case no. 23019/15 Alimuradov v. Russia holding that there had…
/ Olga Abramenko, Expert at ADC Memorial
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Shining a light on devastating effects of statelessness on those living without nationality in Slovenia

The Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies (PI) is a Slovenian private, independent, non-profit research…
/ Katarina VuÄŤko, The Peace Institute
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Fostering radical empathy for statelessness using arts

With a reputation for being a legalistic subject matter, statelessness struggles to get the public attention it deserves as a human rights crisis…
/ Nicoletta Enria, LSE European Institute
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Using the #StatelessnessINDEX to raise awareness and enhance legal assistance in Moldova

Law Center of Advocates (LCA) is a public association founded in 1997. Our mission is to implement projects and programs aimed at promoting the Rule…
/ Oleg Palii - Executive Director, Law Center of Advocates
From Syria to Europe Publications

From Syria to Europe: Experiences of Stateless Kurds and Palestinian Refugees from Syria Seeking Protection in Europe

As part of a joint #StatelessJourneys project, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), ASKV Refugee Support and the European Network on…