FMR 73 – Digital disruption and displacement By Wangui Gitahi Registration on the database of refugees in Kenya has placed Kenyan nationals at risk of statelessness. This article discusses how this came about and considers the importance of data security, […]
Immanuel, Andrea Marilyn Pragashini. 2023. “The Right to Nationality of the Saharawis and Their Legal Identity Documents.” Citizenship Studies 27 (7): 914–32. doi:10.1080/13621025.2024.2321722. ABSTRACT The Western Sahara territory is a non-self-governing territory under international law with an ongoing struggle for […]
Hussain, Taofik Oyewo (2023) “Statelessness in the Bakassi Peninsula: A Humanitarian Crisis in the Making,” Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies: Vol. 5: Iss. 2. The Bakassi Peninsula is a resource-rich region straddling the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. […]
By Cristiano d’Orsi d’Orsi, C. (2023). One Step Forward, Half Step Back: the Still Long Way to Go to End Statelessness in Madagascar. African Human Mobility Review, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.14426/ahmr.v9i3.1131 Abstract This work sheds light on the still unresolved plight of […]
By Tosin Samuel Durodola Refugee Survey Quarterly, 2023 Abstract This article examines the experiences of “residual” Liberian refugees in Nigeria, individuals who remained in their country of asylum after the UNHCR terminated their refugee status. This study explores how the […]
Zahra Albarazi and Thomas McGee A new regional network on statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa region is raising awareness and providing a platform for mobilisation. Statelessness has been an issue across the Middle East and North Africa […]
Par Abdou Khadre Diop African Sociological Review, Vol. 26 No. 2 (2022) Abstract La question du droit à la nationalité, décrit pat Hannah Arendt comme « le droit d’avoir des droits », comme celle de l’éradication de l’apatridie, reste une […]
Introduction to AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 The African Human Mobility Review (AHMR) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed on-line journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of human […]
By Mazuba Muchindu AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 Abstract The risk of statelessness in protracted refugee situations has not received much attention both in academic literature and policy discussions. Yet evidence suggests that for refugees in […]
By Fatima Khan AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 Abstract In South Africa, section 41 of the Immigration Act requires any person approached on reasonable grounds by a police officer or immigration officer to identify themselves either […]
By Christina Beninger and Rashida Manjoo AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 Abstract Gender discrimination, both direct and indirect, is a leading cause of statelessness worldwide. Most often, direct discrimination is reflected in patriarchal nationality laws that […]
RSCAS Working Paper 2023/01 By Bronwen Manby This paper considers decolonisation as a turning point, or moment of change, in the history of the legal regulation of belonging and membership, with a particular focus on Africa. The paper compares the […]