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Des enfants de combattants français de Daesh bloqués en Syrie et en Irak exposés au risque d’apatridie
Les enfants nés de combattants étrangers de nationalité française en Irak et en Syrie risquent l'apatridie et n'ont pas accès à l'…
Children of French fighters blocked in Syria and Iraq at risk of statelessness
Children born to foreign fighters with French nationality in Iraq and Syria are at risk of statelessness and lack access to birth registration,…
New data published on statelessness in France
The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) has published its 2018 annual report, which includes official…
Nouvelles données françaises sur l’apatridie publiées
L’Office français de protection des réfugiés et des apatrides (OFPRA) a publié son rapport annuel 2018 qui inclut des données sur les statistiques…
Urgent Reforms Needed to Improve UK's Approach to Statelessness
This joint briefing by Consonant, Liverpool Law Clinic and the European Network on Statelessness recommends three urgent reforms for the UK to commit…
Dutch municipalities take action to facilitate local procedures for the registration of stateless people
While the legislative proposal for a statelessness determination procedure in the Netherlands awaits discussion in parliament, some municipalities…
Moldova publishes instructions to implement the law recognising Transnistrian civil status acts
In January 2018, new legal provisions were introduced in Moldova recognising Transnistrian civil status acts. The government has now published…
INDEX UPDATE 2019: NEW INFORMATION FOR MACEDONIA NOW AVAILABLE
In 2018, the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia made a welcome public commitment to addressing civil registration challenges that…
INDEX UPDATE 2019: NEW INFORMATION FOR SWITZERLAND NOW AVAILABLE
The Index update links to a new UNHCR mapping study on statelessness in Switzerland, and now contains analysis of Swiss provisions for the withdrawal…
INDEX UPDATE 2019: NEW INFORMATION FOR THE NETHERLANDS NOW AVAILABLE
The Index update shows little change in the Netherlands over the course of 2018, as proposed Bills introducing a statelessness determination…
INDEX UPDATE 2019: NEW INFORMATION FOR MALTA NOW AVAILABLE
2018 saw some improvement in Malta, but significant concerns about law, policy and practice on the protection of stateless people and prevention of…
INDEX UPDATE 2019: NEW INFORMATION FOR THE UK NOW AVAILABLE
The Index update shows little progress on the part of the UK Government towards addressing the key gaps in law, policy and practice highlighted in…
INDEX UPDATE 2019: NEW INFORMATION FOR SERBIA NOW AVAILABLE
Serbia saw some positive legislative developments in 2018, but the update also highlights some continuing concerns with implementation in practice.
Statelessness Index reveals poland can do more to identify and protect stateless people
A new Poland Country briefing reveals that stateless people in Poland face a heightened risk of arbitrary detention, as well as the need for improved…
