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Representing stateless people in the UK: a practitioner’s view
A recently published UNHCR audit of statelessness determination in the UK showed that, whilst there is some positive practice in the UK’s…
Statelessness Determination in the UK: UNHCR audit reveals the need for fundamental changes in approaches taken to decision making
UNHCR has published a report detailing findings from its audit of the UK's statelessness determination procedure. The report reveals a number of…
Celebrating Pro Bono Week: How lawyers can support charities to address statelessness
Over the last few years, Akin Gump lawyers have been providing pro bono casework support to Asylum Aid, as well as supporting the development of a…
Understanding and addressing childhood statelessness in the UK: Introducing our new project
With a few notable exceptions, statelessness has so far received limited attention among child rights and migration advocates in the UK, yet figures…
Windrush scandal exposes what may lie ahead for children born in the UK growing up without citizenship
Last year, we wrote about the many barriers to stateless children born in the UK exercising their right to register as British citizens. Those…
Barriers to citizenship facing stateless children born in the UK
Stateless children born in the UK have a right to register as British citizens after living here for a continuous period of five years. But various…
Facing a lifetime of uncertainty: Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention in the UK
“There are no human rights in the United Kingdom”, said Yassin, a stateless Bidoon from Kuwait in his late twenties. He came to the UK in 2007 to…
Strengthening legal practice on statelessness in the UK
The UK’s procedure for granting statelessness leave holds out a promise of protection to people who are stateless, but there is a danger that its…