Everything you need to know about statelessness

Applying the statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

Our new briefing takes stock of progress made by EU Member States towards the implementation of statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration…

Open Letter to the UK Prime Minister: Charities sound the alarm over ‘sustained attack on children’s rights’

Alongside nearly 150 children's charities and organisations working with children, we signed an open letter to the UK Prime Minister warning that the…

Joint letter: More than 200 organisations reject EU Return Regulation

On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation to replace the current Return Directive.  Alongside 200…

Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee on North Macedonia

The Macedonian Young Lawyers Association and the European Network on Statelessness made a joint submission to the Human Rights Committee in advance…

Briefing: Stateless people in the UK

Across the UK, stateless people and people at risk of statelessness are living in limbo, facing an uphill battle to resolve their status and unable…

Russia's war against Ukraine and the risk of statelessness

Recent years have seen both gains and losses for the protection of stateless people and prevention of statelessness in Russia. In 2023, after many…

Implementing the new statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

When the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum was first introduced in September 2020, statelessness was invisible.   Following our extensive engagement…

Marking the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness

On Monday 14 October ENS will be in Geneva to attend the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness during a High-Level Segment on…

Our recommendations ahead of UNHCR’s High-Level Segment on Statelessness

On Monday 14th October, ENS will be in Geneva to attend and speak at a High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS), which will form a key part of this…

Rolling out our new identification toolkit

Identifying statelessness as early as possible in the asylum process is crucial, to ensure that stateless refugees can access their rights and don’t…

Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee on Poland

The Halina Nieć Legal Aid Center (HNLAC), with the support of European Network on Statelessness, made a joint submission to the Human Rights…

Are we on the right track to address statelessness in Europe?

This time last year, I was reflecting on how governments across Europe are failing to take sufficient action to break the cycle of statelessness in…