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Syria has the power to change, from one of the biggest statelessness exporters to a role model for the Global North

Statelessness has impacted the lives of thousands in Syria, exacerbated by decades of discriminatory policies by the previous Assad regime and the…
/ Nowras Rahhal, ENS community member
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Between Law and Reality: the Challenges for Palestinian Refugees in Bulgaria

On 13 June 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark judgment in case C-563/22, addressing the legal status of…
/ Magdalena Miteva, Attorney-at-Law, Foundation for Access to Rights (FAR)
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A new right of residence for stateless people in Belgium – does it offer sufficient protection?

On 8 February 2024, the Belgian Federal Parliament adopted a law introducing a procedure for stateless people to obtain a residence permit in Belgium…
/ Clara Van Thillo, PhD Researcher at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Institute for International Law, KU Leuven, funded by Research Foundation Flanders (FWO).
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WEBINAR: Detention and return: protecting the rights of stateless people

This webinar focussed on protecting stateless people from arbitrary detention in the context of returns procedures. Held on Tuesday 30 May, it was…
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Addressing Statelessness in Europe: Closing Protection Gaps and Realising Everyone’s Right to a Nationality

On 8-9 June 2023, we're hosting a pan-regional conference to raise awareness, build alliances and garner greater momentum towards Europe fully living…
08 - 09 June 2023
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WEBINAR: Improving identification of statelessness in asylum registration and screening

On Wednesday 8 March, we held the first event in our #StatelessJourneys webinar series on Identifying and Addressing Statelessness in the Refugee…
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What a judge cannot see: statelessness determination in the Netherlands

After years of waiting, the Netherlands is close to introducing a judicial procedure to determine statelessness, but without effective access to a…
/ Katja Swider, Assistant Professor, Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law, Free University of Amsterdam
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Briefing: Palestinians and the search for protection as refugees and stateless persons in Europe

This briefing offers a succinct summary of key issues faced by Palestinians when seeking protection and recommendations to different actors in Europe…
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Why the health rights of stateless people must be a priority beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and what needs to change to achieve this

Statelessness has long been invisible in public health policymaking. Our new report exposes specific challenges stateless people face as a…
/ Chris Nash, Director of the European Network on Statelessness
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WEBINAR: Statelessness and the Right to Health beyond the pandemic

Join us for a webinar to launch our new research report Situation assessment of statelessness, health, and COVID-19 in Europe and accompanying policy…
21 April 2021 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
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'Awaiting' - Stateless lives in Hungary

In 2007, Hungary was the world’s fifth country to introduce a statelessness determination procedure and protection status for those identified as…
/ Anikó Bakonyi (Senior Programme Officer, Hungarian Helsinki Committee) and Gábor Gyulai (Refugee Programme Director, Hungarian Helsinki Committee and ENS Board Member)
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Europe: Not yet a model for the world on protecting stateless people & ending statelessness

Director of the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) Chris Nash, explains why most European countries have no framework in place to effectively…
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