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Working in partnership with migration, child protection and asylum actors to ensure the right to a nationality for children in migration
In facing a global health crisis, it is as important as ever to be working together to protect the rights of all children, and to make sure that…
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Birthright citizenship and children born in a conflict zone
As of 1 February 2020, an amendment to the Danish citizenship act means that a child born to a Danish parent who has unlawfully entered or stays in a…
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child at 30: Action still needed to fulfil every child’s right to a nationality in Europe
On World Children’s Day, politicians, civil society representatives, children and others gathered at the European Parliament for a high-level…
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Ukraine’s most vulnerable children deserve a passport too
Children born in the occupied territories of Ukraine face a real risk of statelessness. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, only 43…
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Colombia acts to ensure children born to Venezuelan parents are not left stateless - but there’s still room for improvement
Venezuela is currently going through a political, economic, social, institutional, and human rights crisis — causing millions of people to leave.…
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The Girl Who Lost Her Country
Hello there! I’m glad you stopped by. I’d like to introduce you to someone very special. Meet Neha. She is just 12 years old. (It’s funny how we…
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Windrush scandal exposes what may lie ahead for children born in the UK growing up without citizenship
Last year, we wrote about the many barriers to stateless children born in the UK exercising their right to register as British citizens. Those…
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Using the Statelessness Index as a tool to help secure law and policy reform in Serbia
Is my country party to international conventions dealing with statelessness? Is there any data on the stateless population? Is there a procedure to…
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Mobilising to address statelessness in the Netherlands
It’s Friday night in Amsterdam and I’m on my way home after the UNHCR’s #iBelong campaign event and the spin-off event organised by ASKV Refugee…
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Barriers to citizenship facing stateless children born in the UK
Stateless children born in the UK have a right to register as British citizens after living here for a continuous period of five years. But various…
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Ending Statelessness arising out of Surrogacy in India: The Latest Developments
Studies estimate that surrogate mothers have given birth to more than 25,000 children in India, and about half of these children now live in the…
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