Apatride Network

Dear friends! Apatride Network has launched its account on Open Collective, our fiscal host. We are starting to fundraise to expand the work we are doing with and for our stateless community. Your contributions to our cause, no matter how small, are of strategic importance to us. Tipping the fiscal host is optional and #donations are tax-deductible! Please share this post and learn more about how to donate on: https://lnkd.in/ePeM5ru5 Your help is really appreciated! ♥

Apatride Network participated on September 16-18 in the 5th Conference of the Netzwerk Fluchtforschung e.V. - German Network for Forced Migration Studies in Bonn. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the organizers for their exceptional work in creating an environment conducive to dialogue and learning and we are eager to share our reflections on the experience with our network. We are incredibly thankful for the chance to present our roundtable discussion on "#Statelessness - Bringing Transdisciplinary Perspectives to the Table." During this panel, we delved into the complex issue of statelessness and highlighted our work. Throughout the roundtable, our network members and associates shared valuable insights based on their personal experiences and professional expertise. As the only roundtable explicitly addressing statelessness at the conference, we recognized the significant work that remains to be done to raise awareness about statelessness. However, we were fortunate to have had an excellent audience that was highly engaged and interested in our work and the topic. Their enthusiasm demonstrated that when academics, professionals, and advocates become aware of this issue, they recognize its severity and the importance of addressing it. Furthermore, we had the chance to connect with other research and civil society networks, as well as individuals dedicated to addressing issues that intersect with statelessness, such as #ForcedMigration. We are committed to enhancing our efforts to ensure that statelessness receives the attention it deserves. Thank you once again to everyone involved for a fruitful and inspiring event! 

📢 Calling all students and young professionals! Apatride Network invites you to join us in Budapest in March 2025 for the second edition of the Statelessness Awareness Forum (Europe) - SAF(E), an incredible opportunity to expand your expertise on #statelessness. You'll gain insights from leading experts in the field, including those with lived experience of statelessness, and will have the opportunity to focus on one of the most pressing human rights challenges in the European Union today - #ChildhoodStatelessness. 👉 Learn more and apply at: https://apatride.eu/safe/

On October 8th, come join us for an introduction to statelessness guest lecture, at Corvinus University of Budapest! Learn of the history of the concept and the reasons for why the topic is so poorly known, even in Europe where there has been so much mass statelessness in the last century. Free entry, no registration required.

📢 Calling all students and young professionals! Apatride Network invites you to join us in Budapest in March 2025 for the second edition of the Statelessness Awareness Forum (Europe) - SAF(E), an incredible opportunity to expand your expertise on #statelessness. You'll gain insights from leading experts in the field, including those with lived experience of statelessness, and will have the opportunity to focus on one of the most pressing human rights challenges in the European Union today - #ChildhoodStatelessness. 👉 Learn more and apply at: https://apatride.eu/safe/

Millions of people around the world are denied the right to a nationality due to circumstances outside their control. Forced to live invisible lives and deprived of their rights. But everyone has the right to a nationality. Everyone has the right to say #IBelong.

Missed our #RefugeeRights Pro Bono Workshop on Tuesday? Over 200 people joined us to learn how they could scope and pitch refugee rights pro bono projects at our upcoming Refugee Rights Pro Bono Pitching Roundtable (UK and Europe) and through our Refugee-Led Clearing House. If you missed the workshop, you can find a recording and all resources mentioned to help you develop your own pro bono project here: https://lnkd.in/epaxj623 If you are an NGO or RLO in the Europe and UK working with #refugees or #stateless people interested in pitching a project at the upcoming Roundtable on October 10, please submit your ideas by September 13 on this link: https://lnkd.in/eXtpu6gB Thanks to our wonderful speakers Miranda Reilly, Aleksejs Ivashuk, Daria Sartori and co-organizers for sharing their experiences of refugee rights pro bono and helping us to build new refugee rights pro bono projects, in the UK, Europe and beyond: Shaza Alrihawi Bruno Min Lara Nassif Yusra Herzi Charlotte Drastich Herbert Smith Freehills UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Thomson Reuters Foundation Pro Publico LawWorks Please do spread the word within your networks: European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) European Network on Statelessness Apatride Network Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) Refugees SEAT International Detention Coalition ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies) Danish Refugee Council / Dansk Flygtningehjælp Norwegian Refugee Council WeAreCohere

🎉 We are delighted to announce a landmark achievement for #stateless individuals: you can now apply for jobs at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency! This milestone represents a significant step towards greater equality of opportunity for the stateless community worldwide. The journey began in October 2017, when the Founder of Apatride Network, Aleksejs Ivashuk, met with Jan Thomas Hiemstra, then UNDP’s Country Director in Ukraine, and raised the issue of how stateless individuals, like himself, were unable to apply for United Nations jobs due to the absence of a "stateless" option in the nationality dropdown menu. This complex issue remained unresolved for several years. After founding Apatride Network, Aleksejs continued to advocate for change, highlighting good practices in the banking and airline industries, where stateless persons had appropriate options available. After years of persistence, UNHCR resolved the issue in August 2024, ensuring stateless individuals are no longer excluded from applying for jobs. While this is an important step, other UN agencies and international organizations must follow to ensure equal job opportunities for all. 🗣 Please support us in spreading the word, especially so that stateless individuals are aware of their new right to apply for UNHCR positions.

Check out this article by our Project Manager, Jessica Schmieder, on the 'Kafkaesque' challenges that bureaucratic practices create for persons with lived experience of #statelessness, and the crucial role of stateless-led organisations in overcoming these obstacles. Special thanks to The Critical Statelessness Studies (CSS) Project and the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness for the opportunity to contribute to your monthly blog.

📻 Last week, Radio Dreyeckland (RDL) interviewed two Apatride Network members for "VielFalter", a broadcast series on #MentalHealth, #HumanRights and structural violence in society and institutions. The conversation, in German and English, reflected on Apatride Network's work, #statelessness in Germany and Europe and the importance of including persons with lived experience of statelessness in designing and implementing initiatives to better understand and resolve the issue. 👂 Listen to the episode here: https://lnkd.in/dr9Mh9QE