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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…
Building Solidarity: the launch of the Statelessness and Dignified Citizenship Coalition - Asia-Pacific
Statelessness is a widespread yet often overlooked issue, with an estimated 15 million people worldwide living without nationality. However, the…
Preventing Statelessness and Nationality Loss in the context of Climate Change
This week, a pioneering report was launched that presents the first in-depth analysis of the legal risks of statelessness and nationality loss in the…
Statelessness in the Asia Pacific: The birth of Nationality for All
With the increase in cases of statelessness in the Asia Pacific region and the impact of COVID-19 on stateless persons, Statelessness Network Asia…
Myanmar: another turn of the screw
Every morning we ask ourselves whether this is real or just a fantasy. The Covid-19 crisis has confined most of us in Europe to our homes, limiting…
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…
Deprivation of nationality on national security grounds in Australia: Part of a wider trend
Citizenship stripping on national security grounds is being used with increasing frequency across Europe. The so-called ‘foreign fighter’ phenomenon…
Tackling statelessness in Kyrgyzstan and the wider Central Asia region – the importance of networking
Kyrgyzstan is one of the fifteen former Soviet Union republics, which inherited numerous nationality issues following the collapse of the USSR.…
New academic research centre dedicated to statelessness
The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School was officially launched on 26 March 2018.
Engaging with the media as a tool for addressing statelessness
Since the beginning of 2017, the Statelessness Network Asia Pacific (SNAP) has partnered with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on a project…
Addressing statelessness amongst women and children in Asia and the Pacific
Women and children are disproportionately affected by statelessness. In recognition of this the Statelessness Network Asia Pacific (SNAP) will…