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Statelessness among resettled Bhutanese refugees in Europe: An unresolved problem
As part of one of the largest refugee resettlement programmes of its kind, over 2,000 refugees from Bhutan have been resettled to Europe since 2007.…
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A victory for human rights in Zhao v. the Netherlands (the ‘Denny case’): Nationality from birth, without exceptions
In its first-ever decision on the right to nationality, issued in late December, the UN Human Rights Committee calls on the Netherlands to enact a…
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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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The lives of stateless refugees in the Netherlands
Based on the article “Het lot van de staatloze vluchteling: ‘Niemand wil ons hebben’“ published in ‘Het Parool’ on 28 January 2020, written by Joset…
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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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How the Dutch immigration office prevented a strategic litigation case from unfolding in a decisive court decision for stateless individuals without legal stay
It all started in 2009. The then 22-year-old Nayif Negim travelled from Qatar, where he was born and raised, to Sweden. He had a valid visa to stay…
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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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Citizenship deprivation: differential treatment or discrimination?
After just three months in office, the Netherland’s Minister of Justice, Ferdinand Grapperhaus has already expressed his intention to strip two dual…
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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…
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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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