Nisreen and her husband were Palestinian Refugees in Syria (PRS). They settled in a Palestinian camp in Lebanon in 2012. Nisreen cannot forget the day when they had to leave their home in Syria. Their daughter Saly was born in Lebanon. They received support from the Norwegian Refugee Council to obtain her birth registration.

NRC/Felipe Jacome
Nisreen and her husband were Palestinian Refugees in Syria. They settled in a Palestinian camp in Lebanon in 2012. Nisreen cannot forget the day when they had to leave their home in Syria. Their daughter Saly was born in Lebanon. They received support from the Norwegian Refugee Council to obtain her birth registration. Photo: Felipe Jacome/NRC

Understanding statelessness in Syria

Published 01. Dec 2016
There are as many as 15 million stateless people worldwide and many more are at risk of statelessness because of problematic nationality laws and practices.

What factors are complicating access to Syrian nationality and why is this a problem?

The Norwegian Refugee Council and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion have conducted research questions related to statelessness in Syria and developed a Toolkit to help refugee practitioners respond to the challenges.

The Toolkit draws on extensive consultations with humanitarian actors operating in the region, international refugee law and statelessness experts and displaced persons. It offers a collection of information and resources designed to help practitioners in the field to quickly and easily find answers to questions about statelessness in the Syria refugee context. It contains explanatory texts, factsheets, case studies, good practice examples and training videos. The toolkit is relevant both to practitioners working in the region and to those working with Syrian refugees around the world.

The Toolkit is freely available online in English (and soon also Arabic) at www.syrianationality.org 

The research report can be downloaded here: www.syrianationality.org/pdf/report.pdf