European Network on Statelessness

We are a civil society alliance of organisations and individuals working to promote the right to a nationality in Europe. Our network brings together over 180 members in more than 40 countries and includes grassroots community organisations, national and international NGOs, legal advice agencies, individuals with lived experience of statelessness, and other experts.
Since establishing in 2012, we have been working to ensure statelessness is given the attention it is due as a critical human rights issue. We are dedicated to raising awareness about statelessness and the right to a nationality, supporting legal and policy development, and building civil society’s capacity to act. We work collaboratively with others and our partners trust us to provide them with reliable and high-quality comparative research, information, and analysis. Together, we seek to be an effective catalyst for change that improves the lives of people affected by statelessness across Europe.

European Migration Agenda (including Common European Asylum System: legislative and policy reform, engagement with DG-HOME, Frontex, EU Asylum Agency etc.); Child Rights Agenda (including engagement with DG-JUST Child Rights Coordinator, Child Rights Forum, Children in Migration); Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy (including engagement with DG-NEAR Roma Policy Team and Country Officers, contribution to annual Progress Reports); Roma Policy (including as above engagement with DG-NEAR, as well as DG-JUST Roma Team, Roma Equality, Inclusion & Participation Framework); LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and legislative and policy developments on the mutual recognition of parenthood in the EU; members of Fundamental Rights Agency Fundamental Rights Platform; members of EU Asylum Agency Consultative Forum; members of DG JUST Roma Team Consultative Forum; engagement with parliamentarians and work of e.g. LIBE Committee, Children's Rights & Anti-Racism & Diversity Intergroups.

Our Roma Belong project has a particular focus on the Western Balkans and works in partnership with our members and other stakeholders, including the European Commission (DG NEAR & DG JUST), UNHCR, and Council of Europe towards ending (risk of) Roma statelessness in Europe. We carry out advocacy initiatives to address issues relating to civil registration, discrimination in access to citizenship, and identification and resolution of statelessness, through law and policy development, research, capacity-building, and awareness-raising. We engage with the DG NEAR Enlargement Package process and monitoring and implementation of the EU Strategic Framework for Roma Equality, Inclusion & Participation, including as members of the DG JUST Roma Team consultative forum.

Our Stateless Journeys project focuses on the nexus between forced migration and statelessness, aiming to build the capacity of refugee response actors in Europe to identify and respond to statelessness and improve routes to protection for stateless refugees. We currently do this through training, engagement with EU agencies (EU Asylum Agency, FRA, FRONTEX) and EMN (Statelessness Platform and EMN-REG), influencing the EU asylum and migration Pact negotiations at Commission, Parliament, and Council levels, and awareness-raising activities. For example, we are members of the EUAA Consultative Forum and regularly contribute expertise on statelessness to its outputs. Our #StatelessJourneys (https://statelessjourneys.org) campaign launched in 2022 with activities focussing on a regional level as well as in specific target countries. The campaign microsite includes tools designed to support asylum practitioners to better identify and protect stateless persons.

Another priority area is child rights and the prevention of childhood statelessness in Europe. We are active members of civil society forums including the Child Rights Action Group and Initiative for Children in Migration. We work with the EU Child Rights Coordinator and contributed to the EU Child Rights Strategy and annual Child Rights Forum. We also work with the European’s Parliament’s Intergroup on Children’s Rights and engage with MEPs on issues relating to child rights.

https://www.statelessness.eu/

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