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Iceland’s accession to UN Statelessness Conventions reminds us how much more still needs to be done across Europe
On 26th January, Iceland acceded to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of…
The time is now: upholding the rights of stateless refugees and migrants in EU asylum and migration law and policy
The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum - long-anticipated by migration and asylum actors - is a set of legislative and policy proposals laid out by the…
Waiting for a nationality - Stateless in Spain
Meimuna, a young Sahrawi woman, had to wait three years before she was granted recognition as a stateless person. Whilst Spain’s law on asylum…
A Stateless Person’s Take on ‘Stateless’
The Netflix series 'Stateless' caught my attention as well as that of my friends and colleagues months prior to its official release. How could it…
Shapeless shapes: a call to action to shape our future
These are the three major themes I learned from graduate school: firstly, the world is not what it seems to be; secondly, it is more complicated than…
I am not alone: the United Stateless of America
For the past twenty years — my entire life — my parents and I have struggled to prove my nationality. It felt to me as if they had trouble proving…
Interview - Azizbek Ashurov, winner of the 2019 Nansen Award
Azizbek Ashurov is winner of the prestigious UNHCR 2019 Nansen Refugee Award for his work to support the efforts of the Kyrgyz Republic in becoming…
Churches’ response to statelessness: challenging the policies and rhetoric creating statelessness
Religious institutions and their extended networks offer valuable avenues to address statelessness. These deep-rooted communities provide care for…
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.
ENS Interview: Documenting statelessness with Greg Constantine
ENS caught up with Greg Constantine, an award winning documentary photographer, while in the midst of organising his next trip to Europe to speak at…
Ensuring gender equal nationality laws is key to ending statelessness
If statelessness is to be eradicated, it is vital that all States ensure that women and men have equal nationality rights – rights that govern one’s…