18 December marks International Migrants’ Day, established by the UN General Assembly in honour of the adoption in 1990 of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. The rights of…
Global Detention Project released a publication on Russia’s current migration policy: Russia is ramping up immigration enforcement to pressure migrants to join the frontline in Ukraine and increase deportations of people from various Asian countries. As part of the Kremlin’s…
Brussels, Belgium, 4 March 2025 Today marks three years since the EU activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), which provided a safe pathway to protection for millions of people fleeing the war in Ukraine. It was a powerful demonstration of…
In the issue: How Russian citizenship in a war situation has become an instrument of blackmail and intimidation; Russia reformed immigration detention laws after the 10-year struggle for the rights of prisoners of immigration detention facilities; the State Duma passed…
Content Russia’s war against Ukraine and the risk of statelessness Olga ABRAMENKO The decisions of the ECtHR and the Russian Constitutional Court have become law: a victory in the 10-year struggle for the rights of prisoners of immigration detention facilities…
The European Network on Statelessness blog: In recent years, after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has significantly tightened its legislation on migration and citizenship, and some innovations create an immediate risk of statelessness. The long-standing problem of statelessness is rooted in…
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