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WEBINAR: Statelessness in Austria
This event was hosted by Leonhardt Call (Individual member of the European Network on Statelessness) and featured presentations from Birgit...
UK Supreme Court finds that setting high fees for registration of children as British citizens is not unlawful
On 2 February 2022, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case PRCBC & O v SSHD [2022] UKSC 3, finding that setting high and...
New CJEU judgment (C-118/20) on preventing statelessness in renunciation of nationality
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark judgment in the case of JY v. Wiener Landesregierung, case C-118/20, reinforcing...
Belgium announces residence permits for stateless people
A High-Level Officials Meeting was held in December 2021, to assess progress in the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees.
UK Nationality and Borders Bill passes through the Lords
The UK Government's new Nationality and Borders Bill of which several clauses negatively impacting statelessness and the right the nationality...
New briefing published calling for introduction of an SDP in Malta
ENS member and Index partner, aditus foundation, has published a new briefing note on statelessness aimed at urging Malta to follow through on its...
Assessing the first six months of Ukraine’s new Statelessness Determination Procedure
In April 2021, the Ukrainian Government adopted a by-law, which introduced the long-awaited regulations to implement the country’s new Statelessness...
New Index Thematic Briefing: Statelessness determination and Protection in Europe
This briefing summarises how countries perform on stateless determination procedures.
New legal amendment reduces the rights of stateless people in the Czech Republic
The Czech ‘Act on Stay of Foreigners’ has recently been amended, changing how statelessness is recognised in the Czech Republic. The amendments,...
New data on the Statelessness Determination Procedure in France
The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) has published its 2020 annual report which includes updated data on...
New report on detention and statelessness in France
New report on statelessness in the context of administrative detention for removal in France, highlighting significant gaps in the identification of...
More than 10,000 people granted a ‘general pardon’ permit in 2007 can now qualify for Dutch nationality
The Dutch Government announced a facilitated route to naturalisation for all those who received a residence permit under a general pardon issued in...
New INDEX thematic briefing: Deprivation of nationality and the prevention of statelessness in Europe
This briefing summarises how countries perform on deprivation of nationality.
UNHCR publishes new study on statelessness in the Czech Republic
In December 2020, UNHCR in the Czech Republic published a new study - Faces of Statelessness in the Czech Republic - based on in-depth interviews...
