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The long shot: statelessness and the US visa lottery
Many people, including me, won a ‘nationality lottery’ at birth. We were born with automatic citizenship of our country of birth, or with the same…
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…Unione Italiana Apolidi: the first stateless-led organization in Italy
In the global context, statelessness affects millions of people around the world, with many more at risk of statelessness. In Italy, according to…
Legal obstacles to obtaining a temporary residence permit for stateless people recognised in Ukraine
In 2021, the establishment of a statelessness determination procedure in Ukraine gave people who for a long time could not regularise their status an…
ENS Blog: Year in Review
2022 marks ten years since the launch of the ENS blog. Since then, we've published more than 480 contributions written by over 250 different authors…
Unpacking Statelessness in Turkey: Taking Stock of the Laws, Policies, and Practices
Following a successful two-day joint conference by RTT and ENS on statelessness in Istanbul, this blog takes a look at the current challenges faced…
Celebrating progress in the protection of rainbow families, but more needs to be done
Since the day they were born, baby Sara and baby Sofia have been waiting to receive an identity document or a passport and are at risk of…
When the Subaltern Speaks Online: Stateless Advocacy through the Post-Pandemic Digital Space
In this blog, Joe Poladoghly explores how the digitalisation of workspaces during the pandemic has improved the inclusion of stateless advocates in…
Blog Summer Break
We are celebrating 10 years of the ENS blog. Thank you for your following, sharing and contributing to this body of work! As we review the past 10…
Children born in the largest refugee camp in the world teach us what being stateless means to them
From being born without a State in the world's largest refugee camp to struggling to gain nationality in diaspora communities, statelessness has…
Might a ‘victory for human rights’ in the Netherlands benefit stateless children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): possible applications of Zhao v the Netherlands
Can strategic litigation help end childhood statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? And could the outcomes of strategic litigation…