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Interview: Jean Lambert - "Resolving statelessness is a matter of political choice and it can be done"
Jean Lambert is a former UK Member of the European Parliament. She has been a tireless supporter and advocate for the plight of stateless people in…
Ahead of next week’s UN global meeting in Geneva: Why Europe must redouble its efforts to tackle statelessness
On Monday, governments and regional institutions from across the globe will gather in Geneva for UNHCR’s High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS)…
A State of Less
When you are stateless, you live your whole life in limbo, from the day you were born until the day you die.
Stateless Syrians in Europe: Navigating the “Knowledge Gap”
Over the last two years, I have participated in the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI)’s…
Addressing statelessness in Europe’s refugee response: Gaps and Opportunities
Statelessness is an overlooked and often invisible feature of the forced migration context in Europe. Actors involved in the refugee response are…
Interview with Yonous Muhammadi, President of the Greek Forum of Refugees
Yonous Muhammadi co-founded the Greek Forum of Refugees, a refugee-led organisation. He is a member of the European Migration Forum in Brussels and…
Investor citizenship must not be used as a remedy for statelessness
When I started to look into the sale of passports a decade ago, there had been hardly any academic research on the topic. Yet with the increasing…
Addressing statelessness in Europe’s refugee response and why more needs to be done
“During the initial registration, they wanted to register us as Bangladeshis. We all said no, we are not from there. They kept us there for five or…
Citizenship Under Threat in Myanmar: A Shared Experience
“Why!? Our parents were citizens, but we didn’t get any citizenship cards! We are nationals, but we have to get permission like foreigners to go…
Reflections from Madrid and galvanising action to solve statelessness in Europe
The launch of a new strategy is always a moment for looking both back and forwards. This week we published our new five-year strategic plan Solving…#HearItFromUs – Working with people affected by statelessness to inform and deliver our mission
The specific rights and experiences of stateless people and those affected by nationality problems are rarely acknowledged in the media and policy…