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Statusless and Stateless Chinese Migrants in the UK
This blog was first published by Border Criminologies in April 2021. We are re-posting it now to highlight the issues raised.
Joint Submission to the Committee against Torture on the Netherlands
Joint Submission for the 72nd session of the Committee against Torture on the rights, liberty and security of stateless people, the prohibition of…
Joint Submission to the Committee against Torture on Belgium
Joint Submission for the 71st session of the Committee against Torture on the rights of stateless persons and human rights challenges pertaining to…
WEBINAR: Annual state of play assessment on statelessness in Europe
This webinar was timed to correspond with the publication of our annual StatelessnessINDEX state of play assessment and discuss key trends with…
Three years on, ENS #StatelessnessINDEX points to slow and fragile progress towards ending statelessness in Europe
Today we are launching the annual update of our Statelessness Index, which now assesses and compares 27 European countries, examining how they…
Russia’s Constitutional Court decision helps to protect stateless detainees as legal change approaches
In Russia, tens of thousands of stateless people are at risk of spending years in detention, but legal change is on the way.
Statelessness in Portugal: law, policy and practice at a glance
In March, the Portuguese Refugee Council partnered with ENS to add a country profile page on Portugal to the Statelessness Index. Statelessness is…
ENS Interview - Valeria Ilareva
ENS caught up with Valeria Ilareva, the Head Lawyer and the Chairperson of the Foundation for Access to Rights, a Bulgaria based civil society…
Bulgaria: Celebrating progress and staying vigilant about remaining gaps
Since Bulgaria ratified both the 1954 and the 1961 Statelessness Conventions in 2012, it has made significant progress in its treatment of stateless…
Protección de los apátridas contra la detención arbitraria – guía regional para profesionales
Esta guía tiene por objeto servir de recurso a todos los actores que se encuentran con las personas apátridas - incluso abogados, ONG y personas…
Tainted trust - Despite the introduction of a statelessness determination procedure, stateless persons in Bulgaria still face arbitrary detention
The shocking treatment of one of our clients - Dr Sager Al-Anezi - highlights the importance of new analysis published this week as part of the #…