European Network on Statelessness (ENS) Updates

Children at Risk in ‘Deeply Flawed’ System Hundreds of highly vulnerable refugee children continue to be at risk of abuse, neglect and criminalisation as a result of a ‘deeply flawed’ system which...

Brussels, Belgium, 4 March 2025 – Today marks three years since the EU activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), which provided a safe pathway to protection for millions of people fleeing...

A key challenge for many stateless refugees who arrive in Europe is that their statelessness or nationality problems are often not identified. This can lead to serious human rights violations and...

Birth registration is a key way to prevent statelessness and ensure every child can acquire a nationality. Yet, some children in Europe still face the risk of statelessness due to persisting barriers...

10 steps for the EU to ensure sustainable and rights-based asylum systems (Brussels, November 12, 2024) - In light of recent policies aimed at preventing the arrival in the EU of individuals seeking...

Ahead of the High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS) taking place during UNHCR's Executive Committee Meeting in Geneva on 14 October 2024, this briefing provides an overview of statelessness in...

A key challenge for many stateless refugees who arrive in Europe is that their statelessness or nationality problems are often not identified. This can lead to serious human rights violations and...

As the temporary protection to millions of displaced Ukrainians in Europe is set to expire, over 130 civil society organizations urge the European Union to provide continued support and protection. ...

1. Introduction This briefing provides an update on access to protection in Europe (both EU and non-EU countries) for stateless people fleeing the war in Ukraine. It draws on information gathered...

Are Stateless Claimants Disadvantaged Within Asylum Procedures? New Evidence from the UK Context This blog post introduces new research, conducted as part of the #StatelessJourneys project, into the...

The protection, extended until 4 March 2025, provides a lifeline for those displaced by the war, and offers them a chance to rebuild their lives by granting continued access to essential services.

1. Introduction This third advocacy briefing in our series on statelessness and the Ukraine crisis draws on country briefings produced with our members and local lawyers to provide an update on...

This second advocacy briefing in our series on statelessness and the Ukraine crisis provides updated information and recommendations on access to protection for stateless refugees from Ukraine,...

1. Introduction The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) is a civil society alliance of over 170 organisations and individuals working to address statelessness in 41 European countries. This...

At the Global Refugee Forum in 2019, several actors committed to supporting disability inclusion, refugee children and gender equality. However, age, gender and diversity-centred responses are still...

In the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, children are more than a footnote. However, human rights organisations raise several serious concerns regarding the new measures proposed. Children have...

4 JULY 2019 | JESSICA RAMIREZ, AMERICAS NETWORK ON NATIONALITY AND STATELESSNESS (RED ANA) The unprecedented number of migrants and refugees leaving Venezuela and moving throughout the American...

FOREWORD Statelessness and arbitrary (immigration) detention have been important areas of focus of my work since I took up the position of Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights in 2012...

SOS Children’s Villages is joining 77 other organisation in urging the European Commission and EU member states to step up protections of migrant and refugee children. In a joint statement to be...