We take action.
We create change.
Statelessness is a complex issue that calls for innovative solutions. We believe that joint action is the right way to introduce long lasting-change.
Our work creates a community, raises awareness, reshapes narratives and provides access to equal rights for stateless people.
On Statelessness
Up to 15 million people on earth don’t have a nationality. They don’t belong to any country and are not recognised as a citizen by any state. Those individuals are referred to as stateless people.
From a stateless person to stateless people.
Hi, my name is Christiana. I am one out of many stateless people.
A while ago I decided to build Statefree together with an incredible team. Our goal is to empower stateless people through community, visibility and equal rights.
We want to create a sense of belonging and freedom for stateless people.
WE WANT TO MAKE STATELESS PEOPLE VISIBLE !
Mehr Sichtbarkeit für staatenlose Menschen
Around 15 million people worldwide are affected by statelessness. In Germany alone, there are over 126,000 people who are not recognised as nationals by any state. Without an effective nationality, they lack access to basic human rights. Despite this, Germany’s naturalisation laws are yet to take into account the stateless population. Even stateless people who were born and raised in Germany remain invisible.
In order to solve a problem,
it must be visible.
The reasons for statelessness are diverse, but the effect is often the same: lack of visibility leads to a lack of awareness, representation and recognition of stateless persons. This upholds the status quo for stateless people – a life without access to several human rights.
Despite the large number of stateless people, the issue remains highly invisible to the public eye.
And when statelessness is discussed, the narrative around statelessness is mainly shaped by non-stateless individuals. Stateless individuals remain underrepresented and tokenized when it comes to addressing statelessness and solution finding.
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