Chris Nash and Christiana Bukalo welcoming participants to our joint conference in Berlin Blog

Building Power Through Collective Action: Reflecting on our Statelessness & Innovation Conference

Last week, we had the privilege of jointly organising the Statelessness & Innovation conference in Berlin with stateless-led organisation,…
/ Chris Nash - Director, European Network on Statelessness
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Who makes belonging possible? Community-led action to end Roma statelessness in Montenegro

Efforts to address statelessness among Roma communities across the Western Balkans have revealed a persistent gap between legal and political…
/ Co-authored by NGO Phiren Amenca and European Network on Statelessness
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Interview with our Community Advisory Board on our work with Palestinians

Our new Community Advisory Board (CAB), made up of four members with diverse Palestinian backgrounds, is informing our work to improve access to…
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Cypriot children without Cypriot citizenship: What is the ‘Mixed Marriage Problem’?

Cyprus, a small island in the Mediterranean with a very complex history, is still divided today after more than 50 years. This division continues to…
/ Sude Doğan, Law Student at University of Nicosia, Founder and President of Movement for Resolution of Mixed Marriage Problem (Karma Evlilik)
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Why peer spaces matter for stateless people’s wellbeing: a University College London research project

Stateless people around the world face profound challenges that affect not just their nationality or immigration status, but also their daily lives,…
/ Ellie Oppenheim, University College London
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Interview with Avni Mustafa, Executive Director at Roma Versitas Kosovo

We caught up with Avni Mustafa, Executive Director at Roma Versitas Kosovo (RVK), one of our #RomaBelong project partners, to hear about their work…
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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
Chris Nash High level Segment on Statelessness Blog

Editorial: “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