What is it about?
In certain European contexts, the lack of understanding about statelessness among government officials is compounded by the absence of references to statelessness within the most up-to-date Country of Origin Information (COI) on Syria. For example, the latest Syria Country Information and Guidance report by the UK Home Office (from August 2016) does not make a single mention of the issue of statelessness despite its continued significance.
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Why is it important?
Those most in need of international protection are sometimes finding their claims undermined by the failure of COI reports to reflect the continued reality of statelessness for hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
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It is vitally important that accurate and up-to-date information about statelessness affecting people from Syria is (re-)inserted into the COI material used to guide the work of asylum and reception staff in Europe (and elsewhere).
Thomas McGee
University of Melbourne
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This page is a summary of: Stateless Syrians in Europe: Navigating the 'Knowledge Gap', SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2019, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3571496.
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