Everything you need to know about statelessness

Change is in the air: An update on efforts to tackle statelessness in the Netherlands

Whoever tells you that writing a doctorate thesis implies wasting four years of your life in the library is probably not researching statelessness…

Hungarian Constitutional Court declares that lawful stay requirement in statelessness determination breaches international law

Until now, only lawfully staying persons could initiate a statelessness determination procedure in Hungary. After nearly eight years of struggle…

Why Malta needs to accede to the UN Statelessness Conventions

“If I was granted citizenship now, it would be like having been inside this room for twelve years [referring to a very small and crammed counselling…

Statelessness in Italy: What’s next?

“It is time to give voice to the strangers among strangers”. With these words, journalist Gad Lerner introduced the first public meeting on…

Strategically litigating statelessness: ENS’s three-year strategy

The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) is launching its three-year litigation strategy, based on the belief that part of the fight to end…

Finland – a champion in the making in addressing statelessness?

The UNHCR study Mapping Statelessness in Finland was launched on 18 November, following similar studies already published in a number of European…

Kim v Russia – The unlawful detention of stateless persons in immigration proceedings

The recent training on statelessness provided on 24 October 2014 by the European Network on Statelessness and UNHCR in conjunction with Memorial in…

“A small step, perhaps, but a move in the right direction to help 600,000 people find somewhere to call home”

This is how CNN reported on the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) campaign to protect stateless persons in Europe after we handed over our…

Still Stateless, Still Suffering - Why Europe Must Act Now to Protect Stateless Persons

ENS new report "Still Stateless, Still Suffering – Why Europe Must Act Now to Protect Stateless Persons" contains testimonies by stateless migrants…

ENS launches new report - Still Stateless, Still Suffering - Why Europe Must Act Now to Protect Stateless Persons

ENS has launched its report Still Stateless, Still Suffering – Why Europe Must Act Now to Protect Stateless Persons, which contains testimonies by…

Litigating for Statelessness Determination: The Promise of the European Convention on Human Rights?

An array of issues could potentially be pursued through litigation to improve the situation of stateless persons in Europe.

An Obligation for Statelessness Determination under the European Convention on Human Rights?

This ENS discussion paper examines some important articles of the ECHR in order to assess whether an obligation to determine statelessness can be…