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HülyaCompanion
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Undocumented due to fleeing from abusive home

Hello, I recently met someone who had to flee from their abusive home in an Eastern European country…  and had to leave all documents behind bc they were taken from them by the abusive parent… Reapplying for a new passport at the embassy is too dangerous bc of fear of the parent finding them.   The person’s application for asylum in another European country was rejected. So they now live in Germany in constant fear of being deported. Meanwhile getting a job in order to get a residence permit as work migrant  is nearly impossible without documents.     Any advice how to safely get documented again / get a legal status in Germany?

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Statefree Team
8 months ago
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SumyCompanion
posted in Facts & Research

Research on public's perception of statelessness

Hello everyone!I am new here and have found this website as I was researching more on statelessness. I am Soumaia, currently a Master’s student at the University of Birmingham (UK). I am conducting a study on public perception of statelessness and would be extremely grateful if you could participate in my survey. Your perspective is vital for my research, and by sharing your insights, you will help me and others gain a deeper understanding of this crucial issue as we are all learning together. Thank you so much! 🤗 If you are interested simply follow this link to complete the survey:   https://qfreeaccountssjc1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3IaD7A9G2RgSH9Y If you need more information or if you would like to share anything in relation to the study please contact me via email : sxe828@student.bham.ac.uk

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8 months ago
Frances Timberlake
Frances TimberlakeRising Companion
posted in Stories & Experiences

New podcast episode on statelessness in the UK

ENS has recently done a collab with Refugee Action’s ‘Experts by Experience’ podcast in the UK, and some fantastic community members spoke about the experience of statelessness and the intersection between stateless and the asylum system, in the UK. Please give it a listen!Twitter: https://twitter.com/ENStatelessness/status/1686026071659982849?s=20Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CvZQXVhs7B4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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Frances Timberlake
8 months ago
Nosu
NosuCompanion
posted in Stories & Experiences

You are invited: Making statelessness visible - A photovoice project !

 

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Nosu
8 months ago
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KhaledAlShatti84Companion
asked in Questions

Important inquiry

Hi,  I am stateless from Kuwait. I applied for asylum in the Netherlands almost a year ago with my wife (she was pregnant) and we voluntarily returned to Kuwait before any decision was issued in the asylum case. Can I apply for asylum again in Another country has knowledge of the issue of stateless people??

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Charlotte
Statefree Team
8 months ago
Khalil.alromhi
Khalil.alromhi
asked in Stories & Experiences

stateless in lebanon

Hello my name is khalil, I am a stateless young man, I am 22 years old, I live in Lebanon, the country in which I was born, I suffer a lot, because I am in a country that does not recognize my existence, I have a Laissez-passer that I can travel with, please help me to travel to any country that embraces me and that I can belong to, I have great hope in Life, but I will not be able to live as long as I am in a country that considers me a stranger, even though I was born here. I want to live and feel that I am like other people. I suffer a lot in all fields. There is no medicine, no civil rights, no aid, nothing. Any country that makes me belong to it. I will save him with my soul, I will respect his laws, customs, traditions, people, I will love him as if he was the country in which I was born, please help me ❤. Whats app : +96170286957 / instagram : khalil.alromhi

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8 months ago
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REALA.Companion
asked in Stories & Experiences

Citizens' Office does not want to recognize my statelessness

hello guys, first of all I would like to thank you guys for publishing such a great site. I have been recognized as a stateless person for almost 2 years. Before that, I was registered as an Unresolved Citizen with the authorities. Now to my problem, I wanted to apply for a registration certificate (Meldebescheinigung) at the German citizens' office, since the registration certificate contains the citizenship, I asked the employee to change this from uncleared to stateless and then presented my travel document for stateless persons. Since the employee was not familiar with this, he asked a supervisor. She didn't want to change it, as other documents have to be presented to prove this. It didn't make any sense to me at all. When asked what documents I have to present, she got angry and expelled me from the building. Is it normal to be treated as if you were a second class person just because you are stateless? With the German naturalization one can prove one's statelessness with the tra

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8 months ago
Lynn
LynnRising Companion
published in Stories & Experiences

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

It took me a while to process the end of an eight year fight with the Swedish asylum agency and getting a paper that one day might put an end to my statelessness.Before I share my story with you, I would like to start with Kehlani’s words: “My condolences to anyone who has ever lost meAnd to anyone who got lost in me or to anyoneWho ever felt they took a loss with meMy apologiesFor the misunderstandingOr the lack thereof” I was 22 when I arrived in Sweden. I am 30 now. It took me eight years to get my refugee status recognized. I would love to tell everyone who congratulated me that I am not a fearless, courageous, selfless warrior. I am not a queen of resilience. The truth is I am a rootless tree in exile: I inherited a stateless refugee status in 1992 and have been jumping from one status to another since then, expressing myself in any language but my own! The 26th of April 2022 was a normal day. I was working from home and had a meeting at 15:00. A few minutes into the meeting, I lo

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Judith
9 months ago
Christiana
Statefree Team
ChristianaStatefree Team
published in People in the community

Meet Anny Faice - The new Social AI-Activist for StatelessnessTechnology for good

Dear Community, We are happy to introduce to you a new “member” of our community - and by that we mean the overall community of actors that is working relentlessly to combat statelessness.  This is Anny Faice (@AnnyFaice), a digital character created with the help of artificial intelligence ⬇  Anny Faice - Our new Social AI-ActivistTogether with Cosmonaut & Kings, a Berlin based agency, we have developed Anny Faice, an AI-Activist that aims to raise awareness on the issue of statelessness. In the Twitter Bio Anny explains: I'm Anny, an AI activist for equal rights for stateless people. Let's break down barriers and build a world where everyone belongs. You can follow and join Anny’s journey here on Twitter. For you to get more familiar with Anny right from the start, we want to address what we think might be the most pressing questions upfront. Therefore this article is an initial summary of FAQs referring to the initiation and implementation of Anny Faice.  One more note, for thos

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Charlotte
Statefree Team
9 months ago
Nicole
NicoleCompanion
asked in Questions

Einbürgerung

Ich bin Nicole Großmann und bin sowie mein Vater in Deutschland geboren. Mein Opa kam im zweiten Weltkrieg als Kriegsgefangener von Montenegro nach Deutschland und hat dann eine Deutsche Frau geheiratet und sein restliches Leben in Deutschland verbracht, genauso wie mein Vater und ich. Wir sind hier zur Schule gegangen, haben die Ausbildung abgeschlossen und immer gearbeitet. Leider wurden mein Vater und ich nie in Montenegro registriert, somit erhalten wir seit mehreren Jahren, seit Montenegro und Serbien sich getrennt haben keinen Ausweis mehr. Uns ist es nicht möglich, noch im Nachhinein dort registrieren zu lassen, da wir keine Verwandten haben, die helfen könnten und Geld für einen Anwalt haben wir auch nicht. Selbst reisen können wir ohne gültigen Ausweis ja nicht. Die Auslandsbehörde hier in Mülheim will nicht helfen wegen der Einbürgerung. Die beharren darauf, das wir uns in Montenegro registrieren lassen müssen, um an einen Ausweis von Montenegro zu kommen, damit wir uns einbü

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Statefree Team
9 months ago
maria
mariaCompanion
posted in People in the community

hello there!! I’m Maria (she/her), a 22 y/o Romni from Germany

I’m lucky enough to have been born here and since carrying a german passport, as well as being the first one in my family to have access to higher education (or any education past 9th grade really).  I’m trying my best in recognizing the many privileges my life has given me while still keeping in mind that all these things are lucky coincidenes at best*, which is why I feel like I should finally put them to use. *I guess my identity consists of a state of being in-between regarding many different aspects of my life, and I hope that gives me enough insight and personal experience on one hand, as well as enough access to existing opressive structures to be able to change them eventually. Feel free to contact me! I’m excited to connect with you, whether it be for private chit-chat, invitations to educational and/or critical events, you need participants on surveys or petitions, or if you want to give me a notice on any use of language that I could improve.Also, please reach out to me if y

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Margarida
Statefree Team
10 months ago
Statefree
Statefree Team
StatefreeStatefree Team
published in Stories & Experiences

New on The Statefree Pod: Lynn and Karmel share their thoughts on identity, belonging and statelessnessCommunity Voices

A new episode of The Statefree Pod is out! This time, Lynn & Karmel share their thoughts on identity, belonging and statelessness 👉 Listen to it on Spotify or Google Podcast.Lynn and Karmel have a lot in common: both were born stateless in Damascus and attended the same school. Both belong to the third generation of Palestinian Syrians and both live in Europe now. And yet, their views on identity and statelessness are very different. Listen to this episode to learn why living in a bubble can have advantages, how statelessness has saved Lynn’s life and how the experience of statelessness has made them the people they are today.Find the episode here on Spotify or Google Podcast.______________________Music by Blin The project ‘The Statefree Pod’ was funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.

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Statefree
Statefree Team
10 months ago
Statefree
Statefree Team
StatefreeStatefree Team
published in Stories & Experiences

Gazmen and his wish for the children of the future: Listen to our latest podcast episode in Italian & SpanishCommunity voices

Do you speak Italian and understand Spanish? Then the new episode on The Statefree Pod is for you:  👉 Listen here on  Spotify or Google Podcast In this bilingual episode, Gazmen talks about his experience of statelessness and the administrative and family reasons that resulted in statelessness. A conflict between nationality laws (jus solis and jus sanguinis) keeps him in statelessness. Having lived many years in Italy, he only managed to get his statelessness recognized in Italy after 12 years. Now in Germany, his situation is still uncertain, even though he was born there. Informed by this struggle and the discrimination he experiences as Roma, Gazmen’s greatest wish for the future is clear: that no child in this world should grow up stateless anymore. Find it here on Spotify & on Google Podcast  Apolide e cittadino del mondo: Il mio desiderio per i bambini del futuroParlate italiano? Allora avete trovato l'episodio perfetto di questo podcast sull'apolidia. Gazmen parla della su

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Statefree
Statefree Team
11 months ago
Christiana
Statefree Team
ChristianaStatefree Team
published in Facts & Research

New Data on Statelessness in Germany: At least every tenth stateless person in Germany was born thereNews

 [Summary: New data on statelessness in Germany reveals the urgent need for action. MPs of the Green and the Left Party release statement about the need for action and urge the government to resolve the situation of stateless people. Link to the parliamentary question below]In the past 7 days, the issue of statelessness has been covered more often in German press than probably at any time in the last 7 years. The reason for this: a new parliamentary question has revealed the following new findings  - and many more - about statelessness in Germany: At least every tenth stateless person in Germany, was also born in Germany. More than half of the persons with undetermined citizenship have been living in Germany for more than 5 years. The issue of statelessness has not been discussed in the sessions on nationality for the last ten (!) years. Filiz Polat, a Green Member of German Parliament (MP) and migration expert, summed it up quite well in her statement : "For a long time now, Germany h

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Christiana
Statefree Team
11 months ago
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Statefree Team
DenisStatefree Team
published in Facts & Research

Human Rights in Germany // Menschenrechte in DeutschlandNew Report

English Version below - Reading time 4 min  Neue Informationen zur Menschenrechtssituation von Staatenlosen in DeutschlandLiebe Community, wir freuen uns zusammen mit dem Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) und dem European Network on Statelessness (ENS), den ersten gemeinsamen Bericht zur Staatenlosigkeit in Deutschland an die Vereinten Nationen (United Nations – kurz UN) abzugeben. Mit dem Bericht hat Statefree den UN Informationen zur Menschenrechtssituation von staatenlosen Personen in Deutschland gegeben und konkrete Empfehlungen an Deutschland formuliert. In einem speziellen Verfahren “UPR”, hat das ENS, das ISI und Statefree geprüft, ob Deutschland die Menschenrechte staatenloser Personen achtet und umsetzt. Der gesamten Bericht ist im Anhang dieses Blog-Artikels zu finden (siehe unten).  Was ist das Universal Periodic Review (kurz UPR) ?Die allgemeine regelmäßige Überprüfung (UPR) ist ein Instrument des Menschenrechtsrats der Vereinten Nationen, welches die Menschenr

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11 months ago
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MontagscaféCompanion
asked in Questions

Veranstaltung zu Staatenlosigkeit im Montagscafé (Dresden)

Liebe Community,wir machen hier in Dresden seid 2015 das Format Montagscafe. Das ist ein Raum im Theater, der jeden Montag für Menschen aus Dresden (oder Umgebung) öffnet. Wir sind vor allem Anlaufstelle für Menschen, die neu in Dresden sind, was überwiegend geflüchtete Personen sind, weil wir auch ganz pragmatische Unterstützung anbieten, aber auch Wohnzimmer zum Leute kennenlernen. Fotos mit Eindrücken von diversen Veranstaltungen des Montagscafés (auch auswärts), findest du hier.Neben der praktischen Unterstützung und einer zu Hause Atmosphäre, gibt es immer ein kreativ-diskursives Programm mit Workshops oder Podiumsdiskussionen zu Themen, die unser Publikum betreffen. Also auch das große Thema Staatenlosigkeit. Am 5.Juni würden wir uns im Montagscafé gerne mit dem Thema Staatenlosigkeit auseinandersetzen, indem wir verschiedene Personen einladen und gemeinsam Diskustieren. Wir gehen stark davon aus, dass dieses Thema von der nicht betroffene Bevölkerung kaum wahrgenommen wird und a

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11 months ago
Statefree
Statefree Team
StatefreeStatefree Team
published in Stories & Experiences

Statelessness and human rights: Fighting for social change through art and activismcommunity voices

Dear Community, our new podcast episode is ready for you! In this episode you will have the pleasure to listen and learn from Prince and Aleksejs.  @Prince and @Aleksejs have two completely different backgrounds, but have both found a way to confront their statelessness through art and activism. Prince found strength in his work as a music artist. Aleksejs founded Apatride Network, a collective for stateless people in Europe.    In this episode we hear what it was like for them to speak publicly about their statelessness for the first time and what consequences it brought about why both are convinced that we need to reach out to everyone, including those with a different opinion and about why the voices of stateless people are necessary and valuable for international representatives to address the lack of knowledge and existing misconceptions. Trigger warning: this episode addresses human trafficking, sexual abuse and racialised violence. Listen here (on Spotify or Google Podcasts) an

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Prince
1 year ago
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Rebek_kaCompanion
asked in Questions

stateless - Germany

Hello Community,I have a question concerning a client of mine (I am working as a psychologist). This client is currently stateless, although he has no official confirmation of being stateless. He came to Germany about 30 years ago from Aserbaidzhan - with a passport from the Soviet Union, birthplace Aserbaidzhan. Since his last passport expired he doesn’t have a valid passport - German authorities don’t want to confirm the statelessness. They want him to get official confirmations from russian and armentian consulate to prove that he is neither russian nor armenian citizen. He has a official document from Aserbaidzahn confirming that he has no aserbaidzhanian citizenship. All he wants is the official title of statelessness so that he is able to apply for German citizienship. He lives in the current situation (no valid documents) for 4 years now - which means he can’t work nor leave the country. Two lawyers who were involved in the case couldn’t help. The problem is the German foreigner

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Aleksejs
1 year ago
Margarida
Statefree Team
MargaridaStatefree Team
published in Facts & Research

SVR Policy Brief about Statelessness in Germany

SVR Policy Brief: Life without a passport: The situation of stateless people in GermanyThe Expert Council on Integration and Migration (Sachverständigenrat) has published a policy brief about statelessness in Germany. It confirms Statefree’s advocacy and visibility work and shows that stateless people are confronted with multiple barriers to participation and rights. The policy brief confirms that Germany is currently failing to meet its obligations under international conventions and political change is necessary. Important numbers are highlighted: 16% of people with a recognized stateless status and 32% of people with a so-called undetermined nationality were born in Germany. After Syria, Germany is the second most frequent country of birth of stateless people in Germany. This shows that statelessness is produced in Germany due to its restrictive nationality law and inadequate birth registration practices. The policy brief also references the scientific work by Statefree team member

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Margarida
Statefree Team
1 year ago
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YousifCompanion
asked in Questions

stateless

I live in Saudi Arabia, and I do not have any nationality, and the UNHCR cannot help me. I have a sister who cannot walk. She needs medical care. I need assistance in resettlement or any assistance. Thank you.

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Frances Timberlake
1 year ago
sophieauckram
sophieauckramCompanion
posted in Facts & Research

Statelessness and Climate Change Research in Europe

Hi everyone! I was super excited to find this community so thanks for having me.My name is Sophie and I am currently studying at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, though am from New Zealand. I am currently working on my Master’s thesis on the topic of climate change and statelessness in Europe. Essentially, I want to look at how stateless people in Europe have been and will continue to be affected by climate change. If anyone knows any organisations/people working in the civil society space with stateless people (particularly in Italy, as I think this will be my focus) I would be glad to hear about it!Feel free to send me a message to chat as well 😊

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Frances Timberlake
1 year ago
Statefree
Statefree Team
StatefreeStatefree Team
published in Facts & Research

UPDATE: Number of stateless people in Germany reaches all-time highDATA

On March 9 the German Federal Statistical Office published the latest data on statelessness in Germany. The new figures reveal a significant increase. According to the German Federal Statistical Office, at the end of 2022, 29.455 people were registered as stateless, while an additional number of 97.150 people in Germany were registered with a so-called “undetermined nationality“. This makes a total of 126.605 people in Germany living without nationality. In comparison: at the end of 2021 Germany recorded a number of 94.945 people with “undetermined nationality” and 27.940 people who are officially recognised as stateless (Read more about it here).Overall „the number of people registered as stateless in Germany has doubled since 2014“ the article elaborates.  Find the full press release here in English and in German.  A comprehensive and more detailed report of the „statistics of foreigners“ in Germany is planned to be published in April.  We are happy to keep you posted on new developm

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Frances Timberlake
1 year ago
Mascha Disman
Mascha DismanCompanion
asked in Stories & Experiences

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 so meine Solidarität (auch als Jüdin) auszudrücken, würde ich sehr gerne einen Artikel schreiben, der all diese Komponenten bündelt. Daher würde ich mich sehr freuen, wenn eine Person, die ebenfalls diese und weitere Eigenschaften hat, sich bei mir meldet und wir uns im Rahmen des eignen Wohlbefindens austauschen könnten. Würde mich sehr freuen. <3

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Mascha Disman
1 year ago
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StudentlaraCompanion
asked in Questions

Search for an interview partner

Hey I am a German student and I am preparing a presentation about the topic of statelessness, I am looking for a person (preferred language: German, English) who would be willing to answer some questions about the topic in a Short Interview?

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Awesat
1 year ago
Jess
JessCompanion
posted in Facts & Research

Hi everyone, I am Jessie!

Hi, my name is Jessie (she/her) and I am a community ally, living in the UK. I am a trainee clinical psychologist, working in the national healthcare service and at University College London. My research team and I are running a project where we are hoping to speak with people living in the UK who are part of the statefree community and considered stateless by the UK government (or have been in the past), to understand how this has influenced their well-being or mental health. The project came about from working in mental health services and hearing from people who have lived experiences of statelessness.I’ve joined here as an ally and hope to just listen and learn, thank you for having me!

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Georgi
Statefree Team
1 year ago
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