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A European Without a Country
I am European, but I am not a citizen of the country where I was born or of any other country.
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A Stateless Person’s Take on ‘Stateless’
The Netflix series 'Stateless' caught my attention as well as that of my friends and colleagues months prior to its official release. How could it…
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Understanding and addressing childhood statelessness in the UK: Introducing our new project
With a few notable exceptions, statelessness has so far received limited attention among child rights and migration advocates in the UK, yet figures…
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Consultancy opportunity & ENS blog goes on holiday
ENS blog will be taking a short summer break and will be back in September. In the meantime, ENS is developing an online database containing national…
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Statelessness in Portugal: law, policy and practice at a glance
In March, the Portuguese Refugee Council partnered with ENS to add a country profile page on Portugal to the Statelessness Index. Statelessness is…
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It is not just paperwork; it is human work. Recognising and supporting the role of grassroots organisations in the fight to end statelessness
Stateless Roma, or Roma at risk of statelessness, face a number of particular challenges in daily life. These include barriers in accessing the legal…
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Citizenship and the fall of the British Empire: A system of exclusion
After 258 years under British and French colonial rule, Mauritius gained independence in 1968. The new Constitution of Mauritius created different…
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"Everything is stuck”: Left in limbo and stateless as a British Overseas Citizen
I arrived in the UK in 2001 at the age of twenty from Malaysia, with feelings of excitement as I embarked on an Engineering Degree at the University…
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Equating the rights of stateless persons with refugees in Spain
The new law should raise the standard of protection for those applying for stateless status and equate it to Spain’s law on asylum which offers a…
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Risks of ‘Covidisation’ in Statelessness Work?
What is the potential impact of world attention turning to the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-political consequences, on statelessness research?…
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Statelessness: A blind spot on Austria’s human rights record
Austria is often praised by its official representatives as a model country concerning human rights protection, with a positive record on…
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