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#StatelessnessINDEX – a new tool to raise awareness on gaps in French law, policy and practice

Forum réfugiés-Cosi has been working in defense of the right to seek asylum and on reception of asylum seekers and refugees in France since 1982.…
/ Cécile Queval, European Advocacy Officer - Forum réfugiés - Cosi
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Using the #StatelessnessIndex as a teaching tool: enhancing the capacity of legal aid centres and improving the quality of legal assistance for stateless people

Comparative tools such as the #StatelessnessINDEX are not only useful for identifying deficiencies in national legal frameworks and assisting in the…
/ Mykhailo Sorochyshyn and Oleksandr Snitko, The Tenth of April
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Work to Belong: A new approach is needed to resolve the employment challenges faced by stateless persons in the EU

The right to work, at least in principle, is considered a fundamental human right; it is enshrined in Article 23(1) of the Universal Declaration of…
/ Katalin Berényi, National University of Public Service, Hungary, JHA Expert
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Looking back, looking forward – Solving statelessness in Europe

Writing this blog on the train back from Strasbourg, it’s hard not to feel inspired by the many people with whom I’ve spent the last four days…
/ Chris Nash, Director of the European Network on Statelessness
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Not just a simple twist of fate: statelessness in Lithuania and Latvia

Statelessness seems to just happen to people, doesn’t it? Quirky circumstances of birth, unexpected conflict causing people to migrate, state…
/ Jo Venkov, Lawyer and writer on statelessness, identity, citizenship and belonging
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New #RomaBelong research documents the effects of statelessness on Roma living in Ukraine and sets recommendation on how to tackle it

Even though Ukraine was among the first post-Soviet countries to adopt its own legislation on citizenship, the issue of statelessness continues to be…
/ Mykhailo Sorochyshyn, The Tenth of April
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Spain accedes to the Convention on Reduction of Statelessness

This week some good news from Spain as it formally acceded to the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. At an event hosted by the…
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Interview with Laura van Waas - Co-director of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

Laura is a co-Director of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion and one of the co-founders of the European Network on Statelessness. In more…
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Russian Federation accepts UPR recommendations on statelessness

Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial (ADC Memorial), the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) and the European Network on Statelessness (ENS…
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#RomaBelong - Statelessness, Discrimination and Marginalisation of Roma in Ukraine

Produced by the by the civic organisation “Desyate Kvitnya” (10th April), European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), the European Network on Statelessness (…
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The Girl Who Lost Her Country

Hello there! I’m glad you stopped by. I’d like to introduce you to someone very special. Meet Neha. She is just 12 years old. (It’s funny how we…
/ Amal de Chickera, Co-Director of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
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Chasing shadows: making statelessness visible in Poland

Ever since its foundation in 2002, the Halina Niec Legal Aid Center (HNLAC) has been providing free legal assistance to refugees and asylum seekers…
/ Katarzyna Przybysławska, Director of the Halina Niec Legal Aid Center