Monthly Archives: September 2018

In the state but not of the state – stateless or nationality unknown in the Netherlands

Stateless or nationality unknown

Stateless or nationality unknown In this blog I want to look at what it means to be stateless or of nationality unknown in the Netherlands. More than 4,000 stateless people are currently living in the Netherlands. In addition, another 80,000 people are registered as ‘nationality unknown’. The Dutch government gives an individual the label ‘nationality unknown’ for a variety of …

Statelessness: A long list of what is lost

Statelessness A long list of what is lost

Statelessness 10 million people are currently stateless and many more are at risk of statelessness. Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons defines a stateless person as: “a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law”. A lot is written about statelessness and stateless people …