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29 Posts

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JassimCompanion
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stateless person bharian

As a Stateless person I feel like there is nothing I can't do Because Everyone who I approach they just Turn around and leave I feel that my life is getting hard and It's like I have no voice in me Because everyone Always Giving me a hard time Just because they know I am a Stateless person Like they can say anything to me There are sometimes that My throat feels so heavy I feel like I just want to Burst out and A man tier has no Value It's like I feel like I am cockroach   Not a human

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J
12 days ago
J
JassimCompanion
posted in Stories & Experiences

stateless person bharian

As a Stateless person I feel like there is nothing I can't do Because Everyone who I approach they just Turn around and leave I feel that my life is getting hard and It's like I have no voice in me Because everyone Always Giving me a hard time Just because they know I am a Stateless person Like they can say anything to me There are sometimes that My throat feels so heavy I feel like I just want to Burst out and A man tier has no Value It's like I feel like I am cockroach   Not a human

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J
12 days ago
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MarejkeCompanion
asked in Stories & Experiences

Portrait

Hey everyone!I am Marejke. I am a student of journalism at the Akademie für Publizistik in Hamburg. I would like to draw more attention to the important issue of statelessness in Germany and would therefore like to write a short portrait of a stateless person. Hence the question of whether someone affected would be willing to talk to me about it? And would it be possible for me to accompany the person in everyday life (for example when visiting the doctor/office or similar)?Many thanks in advance!Best regards,Marejke 

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1 month ago
M
MarkchiCompanion
asked in Stories & Experiences

Statelessness in America

Hello,I was born in the Netherlands, I left when I was two years-old to America, I didn't realize I was stateless until I was in my early 20s. I'm 36 now. I've tried reaching out for help from the Dutch embassy received no help from them. I've tried to get help from immigration lawyers but they were clueless about statelessness and just wasted my time and alot of money for nothing. I've also reached out to UNHCR and they have told me they are working on ending statelessness but it's been years and it looks like there will never be any  progress. I was part of the first stateless grassroots organization in America called United Stateless, They have accomplished some great things and helped raise awareness on statelessness in America. But, I  haven't spoken to them in a long time. I think working together with other stateless organizations would be a great benefit for both. It's going to take alot of work to end statelessness.  For me, It's just been extremely difficult. There is no real

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Victoria
2 months ago
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ORFmarkovicsCompanion
asked in Stories & Experiences

Interviewpartner*in für Artikel gesucht

Liebe Community, ich arbeite als Journalistin für den ORF Österreichischen Rundfunk in Wien. Für die Online-Nachrichtenplattformen ORF.at und ORF Topos schreibe ich einen Artikel über die Situation von staatenlosen Menschen in Österreich. Dazu möchte ich ein gefilmtes Interview mit einer betroffenen Person führen, die über ihre Erfahrungen spricht. Kurz zum Ablauf: Idealerweise führen wir das Interview über Zoom und die Person nimmt sich selbst währenddessen mit dem Handy auf und schickt mir das Video danach zu, der Beitrag wird dann in den Artikel eingefügt.  Das Interview müssten wir bis zum 26.1 führen, Dauer maximal 30 Minuten. Bei Interesse bitte so schnell wie möglich mir schreiben leonie.markovics@orf.at, ich melde mich dann bei euch mit genaueren Infos. Danke & liebe Grüße,Leonie M.

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O
3 months ago
tahae19
tahae19Companion
asked in Stories & Experiences

Refugee in Tuekey

My name is Taha Ezam. I studied chemical engineering in Iran, but because of the problems that existed for the Baha'is, I had to leave Iran with my mother without anything.As of 2015, my mother and I are religious refugees awaiting resettlement .During the long resettlement process, refugees face many challenges to live in Turkey, such as finding a good job, education, citizenship rights, etc.

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Statefree Team
3 months ago
Victoria
VictoriaRising Companion
posted in Stories & Experiences

New team member

Hello, my name is Victoria and I am a new team member of the Statefree team, working as an Office Manager and supporting the community. I am very happy about this and I am very excited about the work.😊.

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Victoria
4 months ago
Prince
PrinceHelpful Companion
published in Stories & Experiences

My Stateless LifeCommunity Voices

 Dear Diary, it's me, Prince Lenny Penaloza...  Today, just like every other day, the struggles continue as a stateless person and there's just one sentence to summarise it all, "a visibly horrific, inhumane existence" boosted by several laws and policies in place by the system that deprives me of basic human rights, hence making life literally a living hell. In other words, only who feels it knows it, because the descriptions of existing in such a situation as a stateless person in today's modern world are heart-wrenching.  Even in a world where the various levels of systematic breakdowns and further sub-breakdowns of human classifications amongst "the haves and have-nots" are clearly visible – which in itself is a sad reality – being stateless goes further down the inhumane system ladder because it's an existence without existing when you don’t matter or count in regards to having and exercising the basic human rights just like everyone else.  Yes, the world, as we know it, revolves

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Charlotte
Statefree Team
7 months ago
Prince
PrinceHelpful Companion
published in Stories & Experiences

Mental Health & StatelessnessCommunity Voices

 Deutsche Version untenMental health issues within stateless people is a problem that's often overlooked in general because of some clear and unclear reasons.Some of the reasons could be, a stateless person not having access to basic health insurance/care, not having the financial capability or support of buying/paying for prescribed medications needed, the systematic policy pressures of a state (nation) that makes the daily life of a stateless person feel like a non existing being within that same state, like listening to a broken record on repeat. The absence of inclusiveness, the denial of their existence and basic rights as humans, the pain of constant rejection by branches of a state, and to some extent in the social space, can easily lead to a dangerous breaking point that affects emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually, at which an unhealthy decline mind is birthed.Mental health shouldn't be kept under the radar because it actually plays a huge role on all individuals

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Prince
7 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
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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9 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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F
9 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
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
11 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
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
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
Christiana
Statefree Team
ChristianaStatefree Team
asked in Stories & Experiences

Community member is searching for legal support in Turkey

Dear Community,One of our community members is looking for a lawyer who can support them in seeking proper protection and a secure legal status. Do you have any recommendations of lawyers/paralegals/law firms based in Turkey who are able to advice a stateless individual?It would be very much appreciated🙏🏿!@ISI  @Amal de Chickera @TamaraS @Laura van Waas 

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Christiana
Statefree Team
1 year ago
Winifred
WinifredCompanion
asked in Stories & Experiences

THERE IS HOPE FOR STATELESS REFUGEE CHILDREN

Hi Community,I am so excited to have found this group and be a part of it. I look forward to meeting and sharing ideas with everyone as regards the issue of statelessness in the world. I believe there is hope for stateless refugees including children and I appreciate all those working together in unity to eradicate statelessness.Shout out to Christiana for all the work you do.

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Georgi
Statefree Team
1 year ago
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globalstatelessnessmovementCompanion
posted in Stories & Experiences

Calling all Stateless individuals / those affected by nationality issues...

Hi everyone! We are planning to officially launching the Global Statelessness Movement later this year and for the launch, we will be screening a video of stateless people reading out the Manifesto in different languages. We are therefore calling on stateless individuals across the world to record a video of yourselves reading out the Manifesto.We will be making videos in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian and Malaysian. The link to the several language translations of the Manifesto are here: (Arabic/English/French/Russian/Spanish/Malaysian).Those wishing to contribute are invited to record their reading in their native language (or, if preferred, in one of the languages above). If you do not wish to show your face, you can record your voice reading it out instead, or a video of your hand writing it, or any other creative ways that you can think of.  Video GuidelinesPlease use your phone or zoom to record the video/audio. Please record during the daytime and preferably outdoors,

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1 year ago
ISI
ISIOrganisation
posted in Stories & Experiences

Preventing and solving statelessness in European law - new blog by ISI's Caia Vlieks

⚡️ New blog by Caia Vlieks, Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion's Research & Education officer, presenting findings from her PhD, analysing legal approaches to #statelessness within the #EU, examining the role that European #law may play in preventing & solving statelessness.https://lnkd.in/dV32Bbwj

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ISI
1 year ago
180DC Munich
180DC MunichCompanion
posted in Stories & Experiences

Please Take a Few Minutes for this Survey and Help Our Community Grow!

 Hi Statefree Community,  We are 180 Degrees Consulting, a non-profit student consultancy. We are surveying people who have or have had personal experience with statelessness on behalf of the platform Statefree. The survey helps us to understand how the Statefree community can improve its ways of supporting its members.All the answers to this survey will be kept entirely anonymous and will not be linked to you as a person. Every opinion is valuable and insightful. Please take 10 minutes to fill out the following survey: English: https://forms.gle/grN51pFnM7boQfeJ6 German: https://forms.gle/uWfaat7m3hHUekyh8 Chinese: https://forms.gle/M3yqWBZ7Kori5Hfh6 French: https://forms.gle/nwjjR1yg8CnY9n8RA Thanks in advance for your participation and best regards, 180 DC Team 

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Christiana
Statefree Team
1 year ago
ISI
ISIOrganisation
posted in Stories & Experiences

Become an intern at the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion!

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2022 ISI INTERNSHIP INTAKE! ISI recruits interns to assist with research and advocacy on statelessness and human rights within various ISI programmes. Our interns are responsible for tasks including desk research on topics in the field of statelessness and human rights; compiling and analysing human rights documents such as those issued by UN treaty bodies or under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism; undertaking comparative analysis of law, policy or jurisprudence from different national legal systems; and more.Application Deadline July 1st 2022, 5pm UK For more information about the internship and how to apply, please click HERE 

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ISI
1 year ago
Maureen
MaureenCompanion
asked in Stories & Experiences

Statelessness determination procedure - Master thesis in Switzerland

Hello dear community, I am writing my thesis on the current situation in Switzerland on the statelessness determination procedure (SDP) or the lack thereof. I am researching what the most important legal measures are to ensure a fair procedure. Right now there are no specific laws in place regarding the SDP. The procedure currently relies on general administrative procedural law. This can lead to challenging situations in the procedure. I am focussing on the fact that, the procedure in Switzerland is primarily in written form, the standard of evidence is very high and to access free legal aid and translation assistance high requirements have to be met. If you are interested in the issue or maybe even have personal experience or knowledge I would be happy to chat and share more of my work! It does not matter if there is no link to Switzerland, as this is an international topic per definition 🇨🇭🌍🌎🌏 Just send me a personal message 😊 Kind regards,Maureen

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Charlotte
Statefree Team
1 year ago
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