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Apatride Network is run by stateless people for stateless people, giving voice of our views, providing ground-up expertise on statelessness, and dreaming of equal human rights in the European Union. We raise awareness of statelessness, clear up misconceptions therein, and empower stateless people as participants rather than mere objects of discussion. Our work focuses on guest lectures at universities and other relevant venues, publication of academic and media articles, advocacy, legal assistance, training for lawyers, and leading impact projects that target statelessness barriers.
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Stateless in the European Union
The European Union estimates 399,283 people that are “determined stateless or of undetermined nationality.“ Most are native Europeans with strong roots in Europe, being deprived of an equal right to nationality based on discrimination or bureaucratic inadequacies beyond own control. The number is a bare minimum estimate: reliable data and the visibility of the topic remains poor due to obstruction from state actors that cause statelessness, power imbalances, and lack of voice of the affected.
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In response to increasing requests for legal assistance, Apatride Network complied a list of available legal assistance for stateless people from NGOs and lawyers in the EU+UK, Switzerland, and Ukraine. We used meta analysis of three databases as well as feedback from our partners to compile the list. It can be accessed here: apatride.eu/legal-assistance/![]()
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The resource does not guarantee solutions, or NGO responsiveness, and is meant more as a resort that is worth trying (a hard stateless reality). Statelessness legal assistance continues to be very limited due to how few NGOs and lawyers have capacity or know-how to handle statelessness cases. The topic is still poorly understood in human rights and law. In the long term, we're continually working with our partners to improve the situation.![]()
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Please help improve this resource by reporting of any positive or negative experiences with any of the listed entities. You can email this feedback to us: contact@apatride.eu
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Legal Assistance The list below is comprised of a number of NGOs in Europe that may be able to provide legal assistance to stateless people. [...]