Browse through our library of news, events, blogs, interviews and publications. You can also access our Statelessness Index and our Statelessness Case Law Database.
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French Administrative Supreme Court rejected a stateless status application from a Sahrawi applicant
France's highest administrative court has denied statelessness status to a Sahrawi-born individual residing in the country since 2013. The decision,…
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A multilingual toolkit on statelessness: how to identify, support and refer people at risk of statelessness
Across Europe, low levels of awareness of statelessness are widespread. For NGO workers, civil servants and refugee practitioners, this a lack of…
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Expert opinion: How the Netherlands, France and the UK are leaving children stranded at risk of statelessness in Iraq and Syria
Thousands of children associated with alleged ‘foreign fighters’ have been detained in Iraq and Syria since the territorial fall of the Islamic State…
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Situation assessment of statelessness, health, and COVID-19 in Europe
Our new report exposes specific challenges stateless people face as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses needed to address them.
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity…really? Why France’s forsaken “children of ISIS”* may grow up to view the French Republic’s values differently.
There are currently an estimated 300 French children stranded in various displacement camps in Northeastern Syria. Deprivation of nationality of one…
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Citizenship and the fall of the British Empire: A system of exclusion
After 258 years under British and French colonial rule, Mauritius gained independence in 1968. The new Constitution of Mauritius created different…
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Can a Palestinian refugee enjoy the status of a stateless person? A French perspective
This article solely reflects the personal opinion of the author and does not express the views of the Court of Justice, neither the views of other…
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Birthright citizenship and children born in a conflict zone
As of 1 February 2020, an amendment to the Danish citizenship act means that a child born to a Danish parent who has unlawfully entered or stays in a…
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Mennesson v France and 2019 ECtHR advisory opinion concerning the recognition in domestic law of a legal parent
** This is an edited version of a longer article first published in the Statelessness and Citizenship Review. Thanks to Adam and SCR for their…
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Statelessness: A short guide for refugees and asylum seekers
Our Stateless Journeys research shows that there is a lack of information available to stateless refugees and asylum seekers about their rights.…
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#StatelessnessINDEX – a new tool to raise awareness on gaps in French law, policy and practice
Forum réfugiés-Cosi has been working in defense of the right to seek asylum and on reception of asylum seekers and refugees in France since 1982.…
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