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Avoiding detention of stateless persons: UNHCR's new tool for identification and enhanced protection of stateless persons in detention

"Across the world, stateless persons face violations of their right to liberty and security. In some instances they have been in detention for yearsā€¦
/ Melanie Khanna, Chief of Statelessness Section and Madeline Garlick, Senior Legal Coordinator and Head of Protection Policy Legal Advice Section, Division of International Protection, UNHCR
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#LockedInLimbo ā€“ 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? Heā€¦
/ Marlotte van Dael, ASKV Refugee Support and Caia Vlieks, Tilburg University
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#LockedinLimbo: The Continued Detention of Stateless Persons in the UK

On 4-5 May 2017, myself and two colleagues from Duncan Lewis had the privilege of joining a delegation of over a hundred and twenty people - lawyersā€¦
/ Lewis Kett, Solicitor in the Public Law team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention Publications

Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention: An Agenda for Change

This report is the final publication of a three-year project aimed at better understanding the extent and consequences of the detention of statelessā€¦
/ Report
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Delayed lives ā€” the hidden misery of stateless people locked up in the UK

This blog was first published by Open Democracy in November 2016, We are re-posting it now to highlight the issues raised - which will be addressedā€¦
/ Chris Nash, Director - European Network on Statelessness
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The situation of stateless persons in Ukraine: is there light at the end of the tunnel?

ā€œI am not a criminal. I am an educated person, I must have more rights. This detention looks like criminal detention but I am not a criminalā€.
/ Ostap Tymchiy, Advocate, Expert on migration at The Right to Protection in partnership with HIAS
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Counting down the days in detention: the situation of stateless persons in Bulgaria

Tarek, a stateless person originating from Afghanistan, is counting down the days till 27 November. It's when he will have spent 18 months inā€¦
/ Dr. Valeria Ilareva, Foundation for Access to Rights - FAR
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Facing a lifetime of uncertainty: Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention in the UK

ā€œThere are no human rights in the United Kingdomā€, said Yassin, a stateless Bidoon from Kuwait in his late twenties. He came to the UK in 2007 toā€¦
/ Katia Bianchini, ENS researcher & Max Planck Institute for Religious Studies and Ethnic Diversity (Goettingen, Germany)
Detention toolkit Publications

Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention - A regional toolkit for practitioners

ENS has published a toolkit for practitioners from across Europe. It is intended as a resource for all those who come into contact with statelessā€¦
/ Report
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Strategically litigating statelessness: ENSā€™s three-year strategy

The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) is launching its three-year litigation strategy, based on the belief that part of the fight to endā€¦
/ Adam Weiss, European Roma Rights Centre
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Kim v Russia ā€“ The unlawful detention of stateless persons in immigration proceedings

The recent training on statelessness provided on 24 October 2014 by the European Network on Statelessness and UNHCR in conjunction with Memorial inā€¦
/ Adrian Berry, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, London
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A question of ā€˜ifā€™ and ā€˜whenā€™ is someone stateless

Farid is in UK immigration detention pending deportation. He has an Iranian passport that has expired. One month into his detention, he attempts toā€¦
/ Amal de Chickera