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Netherlands adopts new bills on statelessness
While a positive step in the right direction, the new bills do not go far enough in resolving the issues experienced by stateless people in the…
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“The endless waiting has destroyed me” – will the Statelessness Bills discussed in the Dutch Parliament this week bring a solution for stateless people in the Netherlands?
Ahead of the 25th May debate in the Dutch parliament on new draft legislation on statelessness, our Dutch members analyse the proposed laws, their…
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Joint Submission to Dutch Government consultation on new proposal to determine “evident” statelessness
Joint submission to a consultation on a proposed Dutch procedure to determine “evident” statelessness.
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It is not just paperwork; it is human work. Recognising and supporting the role of grassroots organisations in the fight to end statelessness
Stateless Roma, or Roma at risk of statelessness, face a number of particular challenges in daily life. These include barriers in accessing the legal…
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Dutch municipalities take matters into their own hands while national government fails to provide solution for stateless people in the Netherlands
After years of advocacy efforts by civil society and UNHCR to persuade the Dutch government to improve its protection of stateless people, the…
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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 (…
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Mobilising to address statelessness in the Netherlands
It’s Friday night in Amsterdam and I’m on my way home after the UNHCR’s #iBelong campaign event and the spin-off event organised by ASKV Refugee…
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#LockedInLimbo – The Netherlands can stop the detention of stateless persons
After being detained for the fifth time, Ivan from the former Soviet Union is out on the streets again. Or was this the sixth time in detention? He…
Publications
Consultation submission on the proposed statute law for a statelessness determination procedure in the Netherlands
Joint submission by ASKV/Refugee Support and the European Network on Statelessness as part of the consultation to the proposed statute law for a…
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Proposal for legislation on statelessness in the Netherlands: A bittersweet victory
Six years of research, reports, publications, consultations, advocacy, negotiations,
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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…
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