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WEBINAR: 2025 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe
On 19th February 2025, we held our annual webinar providing a state of play on statelessness in Europe and an opportunity to learn about the latest...
Updated INDEX thematic briefing: Birth registration and the prevention of statelessness in Europe
Read our updated briefing on birth registration and the prevention of statelessness
Improved access to late birth registration in Austria
As of 1 September 2024, people who no longer have ties to their country of origin for reasons similar to those of refugees now also have access to...
WEBINAR: 2024 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe
In conversation with experts working in different countries, we presented our annual state of play assessment of key trends on statelessness in...
Belgian municipalities incentivised to withdraw nationality of Palestinian children
Since August 2023, the Belgian Immigration Office has exchanged correspondence with several municipalities in Belgium incensitivising to withdraw the...
Launch of two new Statelessness INDEX countries – Georgia and Türkiye
Today, we are launching new country profiles on Georgia and Türkiye. This brings the total number of StatelessnessINDEX countries to 32.
Joint opinion on the pending legal reform in Belgium
ENS and NANSEN prepared a joint opinion on the legislative proposal submitted by the Belgian Government to the Parliament to introduce a residence...
North Macedonia takes a positive step towards ending statelessness
In an important step towards preventing statelessness in the country, North Macedonia's Parliament has adopted crucial amendments to the Law on...
Portugal passes law to introduce a statelessness status
Portugal has adopted a law that paves the way for the introduction of an SDP, although further legislation is needed.
Moldova amends its law to prevent childhood statelessness
On 8 June 2023, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova voted to adopt an amendment to the Citizenship Law, which provides that a child born on the...
Netherlands passes new bills on statelessness, but concerns remain
The Netherlands has taken a significant step towards addressing the plight of stateless individuals after years of joined advocacy by ENS members and...
Albania adopts the instruction to implement and regulate its statelessness determination procedure
In June 2023, the Government published a dedicated instruction to implement and regulate the statelessness determination procedure (SDP), which had...
New report by independent body in Germany on the situation of stateless people
The Expert Council on Integration and Migration (Sachverständigenrat), an independent advisory council in Germany, has published a policy brief about...
WEBINAR: 2023 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe
Join us for the online launch of our annual StatelessnessINDEX state of play assessment and hear about key trends from several experts working on the...
