A stateless person is someone who has no nationality. Statelessness affects over half a million people in Europe - both recent migrants and those who have lived in the same place for generations – denying many their fundamental rights.
The Statelessness Index assesses how countries in Europe protect stateless people and what they are doing to prevent and reduce statelessness.
On 7 August 2026, the Portuguese President approved legislation establishing a dedicated statelessness determination procedure (SDP). The legislation...
On 25 June 2026, the Belgian Constitutional Court issued an important judgment on the country’s new administrative residence procedure for stateless...
