Everything you need to know about statelessness

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,…

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…

Breaking the cycle of statelessness among Roma in Albania

In Albania, as in many parts of the Western Balkans, Romani communities continue to face a disproportionate risk of statelessness. This is not new,…

Foundlings at risk of statelessness in Kenya: towards strengthened legal protection

Every child around the world has the right to a nationality. This right is anchored in international and regional human rights instruments. Globally…

Opening doors and preventing childhood statelessness

I am a fourth-generation migrant on my mother’s side. Even though I couldn’t acquire my Canadian mother’s nationality at birth, I was protected from…

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…

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,…

Have Your Say: help shape the future of the Statelessness Index

Since its launch in 2018, the Statelessness Index has become a vital tool for monitoring how European countries protect stateless people, and track…

Branded an "extremist", denied a passport: a stateless entrepreneur in democratic Europe

When building a startup becomes a crime What does it mean to be a successful tech founder one day, and a stateless "extremist" the next? This is…

Editorial: Statelessness among Roma in the Western Balkans - progress, gaps, and the road ahead

Fourteen years ago, leaders from across the Western Balkans came together and made an important pledge through the Zagreb Declaration: to remove all…

Stateless Kurds of Syria in Germany and Sweden

In this blog, Haqqi Bahram reflects on some findings from his doctoral dissertation on the experiences of stateless Kurds of Syria as they navigate…

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…