26 February 2025

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Birthright Citizenship: when “home” becomes a game of border politics (LSJ Online, Feb. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on both Australia and the US.

Breaking Down Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]
- See also related 

Kuwaiti government must end campaign of mass citizenship stripping and repeal recent amendments to Nationality Law (Minority Rights Group, Feb. 2025) [text]

Living Statelessness in the Legal ‘in-between’: Migrants from Thailand in Japan (CSS Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

Press release on the first anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa (African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Feb. 2025) [text]

"UK to deny citizenship to small boat refugees," BBC News, 13 Feb. 2025 [text]

Unpacking the intersection between Islamophobia and Statelessness (CSS Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

"US appeals court rejects Trump's emergency bid to curtail birthright citizenship," Reuters, 20 Feb. 2025 [text]
- Additional legal proceedings relating to this issue can be viewed here (select "Immigration and Citizenship" from the topic menu).

Victory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship: Constitutional Court Ruling on Identity System Affects Tens of Thousands (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2025) [text]

*Voices from the Margins: Grassroots Resilience in the Face of Statelessness in Lebanon (Borders & Limitations Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]
- See also related Minority Rights Group post.

"Watchdog points to loophole leaving children born in Estonia without citizenship," Estonian Public Broadcasting, 17 Feb. 2025 [text]

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