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From Recognition to Rights: What Real Protection for Stateless People Should Look Like in Europe

At this year’s Statelessness & Innovation: Building Power Through Collective Action conference, one question echoed through the auditorium: What does...

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Neue Zahlen zu Staatenlosigkeit in Deutschland: Ein Rückgang – und viele offene Fragen

Zum Jahresende 2024 wurden neue Zahlen zu Staatenlosigkeit in Deutschland veröffentlicht. Zum ersten Mal seit 2022 ist die Zahl der betroffenen Mensch...

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Publication: Hierarchies of Statelessness in Germany

We are very happy to share the publication of the paper: Hierarchies of Statelessness in Germany.The paper examines how the category of “undetermined nationality” creates a hierarchy within statelessness in Germany.Many stateless people already know

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Lynn's poem: To be stateless means

Poem Lynn - To be stateless means To be stateless meansyour name is a ghost in a limbo A whisper in the Bureaucracy To be stateless means your nationality is written in parentheses On paper that says: you don’t exist, or maybe “XXX” I am a child b

Community Conferences in 2026

Dear Statefree,I have known Prince Lenny Penaloza for a long time and consider myself an ally. Moreover, I am a licensed social worker and a therapist.I have been following your work since October 2022 and would be thrilled to participate in one of y

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Stateless people are the new generation of the blue planet.

My name is Roham. I live in Iran. I have lost my entire family and home in five years. Before, when my family was alive, my father used to watch a lot of news and I followed him, watching the news of ISIS that had attacked and massacred people like a

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The Irony of "Access": Navigating high-end professional spaces while being legally invisible

I’ve been reflecting deeply on the core mission here at Statefree specifically the tension between our professional contributions and our legal recognition.In my work with Blue Nile Livery, I spend my days ensuring seamless mobility and "access" for

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Hello to everyone

Hello to everyone Today, I am speaking as a stateless person who has lived for many years in a legal vacuum — and as someone who no longer wants to remain silent.I have experienced statelessness not only as a legal condition, but as a life without a

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Inquiry Regarding Options for Statelessness Determination in Germany

Dear Sir/Madam,My name is Asad Rahji, and I am a 3rd generation Palestinian refugee from Syria. I hold a Travel Document for Palestinian Refugees (1948) and I am registered with UNRWA.I am currently residing in Hungary on a job-seeking residence perm

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Hi there, I am Charlotte

I am Charlotte, 28 and I work as an Account manager for training services in Munich. My pronouns are (she/her). I enjoy anything that has to do with languages, cultures and culture and support statefree among other things by editing articles, blog po

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Stateless for Three Generations: Legally Invisible, Alive but Unprotected

Stateless for Three Generations: Legally Invisible, Alive but UnprotectedIn this image, you see a family. Silent, with their eyes closed…Because there are no words left to explain.We are not a statistic.We are a family that has been made stateless fo

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Lynn's Poem: To be stateless meansBlog

To be stateless means To be stateless meansyour name is a ghost in a limbo A whisper in the Bureaucracy To be stateless means your nationality is written in parentheses On paper that says: you don’t exist, or maybe “XXX” I am a child born between

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Community Conferences in 2026

Dear Statefree,I have known Prince Lenny Penaloza for a long time and consider myself an ally. Moreover, I am a licensed social worker and a therapist.I have been following your work since October 2022 and would be thrilled to participate in one of y

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Inquiry Regarding Options for Statelessness Determination in Germany

Dear Sir/Madam,My name is Asad Rahji, and I am a 3rd generation Palestinian refugee from Syria. I hold a Travel Document for Palestinian Refugees (1948) and I am registered with UNRWA.I am currently residing in Hungary on a job-seeking residence perm

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Hello, I´m Martina (she/her)

(in german below)I come from Germany and I know people who are stateless.I have learned from these people, what statelessness means.-In everyday life, legally and psychologically.Before that, I knew nothing about the “phenomenon of statelessness” and

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Stateless for Life

Thank you for creating this space.We are Anna and Yuri, stateless siblings born in the former Soviet Union. We moved to Israel in the 1990s, but were never granted citizenship there. We've now been living in Malta for over 22 years under temporary hu

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Any experiences with Bhutan?

Hi, I am Susanne, member of a citizens' initiative in Hamburg and supporting a person from Bhutan who does not have any identification documents, which is causing difficulties with their residence status in Germany. Has anyone had any experience with

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Looking for interview partners for our study on statelessness in Germany due to Palestinian origin

Dear Statefree-Community, we are four Master's students at the University of Hamburg, majoring in Criminology and Sociology. As part of a research project with the working title: “Experiences of Statelessness Among Palestinians in Germany,” we are in

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any experience with kuwait

Hello everyone Im stateless I live in Kuwait I do look forward to seek asylum in eu country’s but I can’t get my travel documents so here’s my question to the stateless community: how did you get a travel documents?

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Für Artikel Interview Partner:in gesucht

Liebe Community, ich bin Mascha und Teil des diesjährigen Jahrgangs des Mentoringprogramms der Neuen Deutschen Medienmacher:innen. Da es mir ein großes Anliegen ist staatenlose Menschen zu supporten, palästinensischen Stimmen Gehör zu verleihen und s

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2024 World Conference on Statelessness

The next World Conference on Statelessness will be held from 26-29 February 2024 at TAYLOR'S UNIVERSITY in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organised by the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), Nationality for All (NFA) and Development of Human Re

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Call for participants - PhD Project exploring experiences and perspectives of statelessness globally

Hi Everyone,My name is Hannah Gordon and I’m a PhD Student at the University of Melbourne, based at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness in the Law School. My research explores how statelessness is defined and experienced by stateless and forme

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Mein Weg in die Staatenlosigkeitsforschung

Lynn's Poem: To be stateless means

From Data to Dignity: How digital tools can help reshape statelessness protection

Between Anger & Bitterness: About getting my status recognised and being the “Lagom Swede”

Action Research: Knowledge is power

Join Our Photo Project: Statelessness in Europe ✨​

From Recognition to Rights: What Real Protection for Stateless People Should Look Like in Europe

Neue Zahlen zu Staatenlosigkeit in Deutschland: Ein Rückgang – und viele offene Fragen

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