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No Country to Call Home: the Hidden Crisis of Statelessness in the UK and beyond

"Statelessness is like being a ghost—except no one’s even scared of you." – Anonymous Imagine being born and raised in a country, speaking the

/ Sam, ENS Community Member, UK
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Interview with Statefree on their 70 Years, 70 Voices campaign

We spoke to Noana Wilhelm, Head of Communications at Statefree – a non-profit organisation that aims to create visibility and community around the

"Statelessness in Scotland" workshop participants in Edinburgh Blog

A life-changing experience: reflecting on the "Statelessness in Scotland” workshop in Edinburgh

Delivering a workshop at the Scottish Government building in Edinburgh was a transformative experience that marked a milestone in my journey as a

/ Abdelrahman Touman, ENS Legal & Policy Volunteer
Statelessness: Citizens of Nowhere Blog

Citizens of Nowhere: Statelessness and the quest to belong

What does it mean to be invisible in a world defined by borders? Journalist Anna Rascouët-Paz brings you into the lives of citizens of nowhere and

/ Anna Rascouët-Paz, Journalist
Being Stateless: an oral history project Blog

Telling Stories of Statelessness

“Stateless is a disease, like the cholera, like the malaria, like any other disease.” These are the words that Mohin Shahin, a Palestinian man who

/ Jordana Silverstein, Senior Research Fellow at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Melbourne Law School
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“If you can’t see a problem, you can’t fix it” – Five things that need to happen to move from the visibility at UNHCR’s High-Level Segment on Statelessness to tangible impact

When UNHCR’s ten-year #IBelong campaign to end statelessness launched back in 2014, I well remember the excitement many of us working on

/ Chris Nash, Director, European Network on Statelessness
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Editorial: Taking steps to improve how statelessness is identified and addressed in the refugee context

They registered me as Syrian, and I didn't tell them that I am ‘maktouma’ [stateless]... In a later interview, I tried to explain that I am

/ Nina Murray, Head of Policy and Advocacy, European Network on Statelessness
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Interview with Sirazul Islam, Community Engagement Coordinator at ENS

ENS caught up with our Community Engagement Coordinator, Sirazul Islam, to hear about his work with stateless communities across Europe, his personal

Microphone Blog

Amplifying Voices: Crafting Authentic Storytelling Guidelines

In a world where countless stories go unheard, reinterpreted or misconstrued, it is vital that marginalised communities can share their narratives

/ Sirazul Islam, Community Engagement Coordinator, European Network on Statelessness
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Storytelling guidelines

The storytelling guidelines are practical tools designed to be implemented across various storytelling formats, from podcasts and videos to public

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chatGPT Blog

How can AI contribute to the fight to end statelessness?

AI assistants like ChatGPT have an emerging role in human rights advocacy: these tools have the potential to bridge knowledge gaps, empower

/ Charlotte Armstrong - Communications Coordinator, ENS
Stateless Rights Collecative Blog

Advocating for Change in the Netherlands: The Stateless Rights Collective (SRC)

The Stateless Rights Collective (SRC) is a group of stateless individuals in the Netherlands advocating for the rights of people without a

/ Stateless Rights Collective, a collective standing up for the rights of stateless people in the Netherlands