UNHCR’s observations to proposed amendments to the Finnish Citizenship Act
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries has submitted its observations on the proposed amendments to the Finnish Citizenship Act. UNHCR supports the law proposal and welcomes that several of the observations submitted by UNHCR to the preliminary...
UNHCR observations to report on requirements for Swedish citizenship
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries has submitted its observations on the “Final report of the inquiry on language and social studies requirements for Swedish citizenship and other citizenship issues” UNHCR welcomes that the starting point in...
UNHCR urges governments to accelerate progress and resolve plight of world’s stateless
More action is needed to resolve the plight of millions around the world who are still without citizenship, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urged today as it marked seven years since the launch of its #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness. “Significant progress has...
The 1961 Statelessness Convention: 60 years of promoting and protecting the right to a nationality
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, stressed today, as the international community marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the 1961 UN Convention on the...
UNHCR and SOAS in joint seminar on statelessness
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has together with the Swedish Organization Against Statelessness (SOAS) produced the joint seminar “The right to a nationality – the right to human rights” on the issue of statelessness. The seminar explores the causes...
“I can’t stay in Sweden and I cannot be sent to any other country”
Almontaser Quteineh, 39, has been living in Sweden as a stateless person since 2015 together with two of his children. They are stateless Palestinians and are not recognized as citizens of any country. Without a dedicated procedure for stateless persons to request...
UNHCR welcomes Iceland’s decision to join global efforts to end statelessness
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Iceland’s accession to the United Nations Statelessness Conventions, key international treaties to counter statelessness. “We welcome Iceland’s accession, which brings the world one step closer towards ending statelessness,” said...
UNHCR urges states to end limbo for stateless people by 2024
COVID-19 is worsening the plight of millions of stateless people worldwide, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today. Marking the sixth anniversary of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign, aimed at ending statelessness by 2024, Grandi called on world leaders...
UNHCR issues report on statelessness in Denmark
UNHCR’s mapping of statelessness in Denmark, prepared in collaboration with the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Danish authorities, is published today.








