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Marcus Alonso Alonso Interviews

Interview with Marcos Alonso Alonso, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union

Ahead of Spain’s upcoming Presidency of the EU, we caught up with Marcos Alonso Alonso, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European…
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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…
/ Caia Vlieks, Research & Education Officer, Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
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Submission to inform the European Commission 2022 Enlargement Package: progress towards addressing statelessness

Our written submission on progress towards addressing statelessness in EU Enlargement countries to inform the European Commission's (DG NEAR) 2022…
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Christophe Interviews

Interview with Christophe Poirel, Director of Human Rights at the Council of Europe

Following an important international statelessness conference organised in September by the Council of Europe and the UN Refugee Agency, ENS spoke…
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Building impetus with the EMN Platform on Statelessness

Nationality, is an issue that affects us in many different aspects: it can serve as proof of a legal and political connection between an individual…
/ Magnus Ovilius, EMN Chair and Adolfo Sommarribas, Coordinator EMN Platform on Statelessness
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Working together to end childhood statelessness in Europe

Should Europe be doing more to tackle childhood statelessness? Absolutely. To discuss how to push the issue further up the agenda and to find new…
/ Jean Lambert MEP and Manlio Di Stefano PACE Member
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The EU’s response to statelessness - Where next after Luxembourg?

I arrived in Luxembourg last week, curious to see further evidence of how policy-makers and other EU stakeholders intend to take forward the first…
/ Chris Nash, Director of the European Network on Statelessness
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Council conclusions demonstrate the EU’s commitment to address statelessness

The year 2015 is coming to an end and yet, every 10 minutes a child is born without a nationality. The problem is considerable and the numbers speak…
/ Pascal Schumacher, JHA Counsellor responsible for migratory issues during the Luxembourgish Presidency
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EU Citizenship at the Crossroads - Enhancing European Cooperation in Nationality and Fundamental Rights

“And, in reference to today’s more specific discussion, I note that people who lose their citizenship or have it taken from them are often described…
/ Ngo Chun Luk, TRANSMIC Research Assistant at the Centre for European Policy Studies
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Litigating Strategically: Stateless children born in the EU

Does a child born in the EU, who would have been an EU citizen had the Member State of birth complied with its international obligations, but who is…
/ Katja Swider, University of Amsterdam and René de Groot, Maastricht University
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Who are you? - Fraud, impersonation and loss of nationality without procedural protection

The UK divides persons who acquire British citizenship by fraud into two classes when seeking to secure their loss of such citizenship. Where the…
/ Adrian Berry, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, London
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Statelessness as a rising topic in EU external relations: Report on the Expert Meeting on Statelessness within the Eastern Partnership Panel on Migration and Asylum

The Hungarian Ministry of Interior, in co-operation with Moldova, organized an expert meeting in the framework of the European Union (EU) Eastern…
/ Dr. Tamás MOLNÁR, Head of Unit for Migration, Asylum and Border Management, Hungarian Ministry of Interior