II. List of co-submitting organisations 1. ASKV is an Amsterdam-based NGO providing legal and social assistance to undocumented migrants with a refugee background in the Netherlands. Within the organisation there is a dedicated focus on direct assistance to stateless persons and we work on structural improvements in their situation including through strategic litigation, research and awareness campaigns. ASKV is a vocal advocate for refugee and stateless rights, both locally and nationally and engages in direct policy advocacy for durable improvements in Dutch policy. Ultimately, ASKV aims to secure the right to residence in the Netherlands and end the precarious and marginalised existence of undocumented (stateless) persons.66 2. The Bhutanese Community in The Netherlands (BCN) is an association of all the former Bhutanese Citizens who went to the Netherlands as refugees and are now living in the Netherlands. It is a non-political, non-profit, non-religious and purely an association that runs through voluntary contributions from its members and sympathisers.67 3. New Women Connectors (NWC) is a refugee women-led initiative. NWC believes in racial and gender equality and social justice and is dedicated to working towards creating systemic changes in policy and practice that ensure communities from migration backgrounds, especially women, can fully exercise their rights to protection, services, and self-sufficiency. NWC actively advocates for “gender transformative changes” in EU migration policies. We promote equal opportunities and inclusion while avoiding stigmatisation.68 4. Petkovski is a Law firm specialized in all the different facets of immigration and asylum including, residency procedures for stateless persons, medical procedures, entry-ban cases, naturalization, highly skilled workers, MVV and visa requests, law affecting nonnative residents, and other areas of immigration and asylum law.69 5. Stichting Landelijk Ongedocumenteerden Steunpunt supports individuals and organisations who promote human rights of undocumented persons. 6. Leiden University has been an international university since its inception in 1575. Leiden university’s core values include, being connected by being part of a greater whole (by actively collaborating and contributing), being innovative in its search for new knowledge and understanding, feeling responsible for promoting an inclusive community, and feeling free to independently question and offer scope for different perspectives and ideas, and open discussions for curiosity driven research.70 7. Kinderrechtencollectief (The Dutch NGO Coalition for Children’s Rights) focuses on protecting the interests of the child and supervises the safeguarding of children’s rights in Dutch law, policy and practice. The Coalition consists of key members Defence for Children, Kinderpostzegels, the National Youth Council, Save the Children, Terre des Hommes Netherlands and National Committee UNICEF The Netherlands, and has the Netherlands Youth Institute as their advisor. Besides its key members, the Coalition has 66 For more information, see https://www.askv.nl/wat-doen-we/campagnes/staatloosheid/ 67 For more information, see http://www.bcn-bhutan.nl/ 68 For more information, see https://www.newwomenconnectors.com/ 69 For more information about Petkovski, see: www.petkovski.nl/english/. 70 For more information about Leiden University, see: www.universiteitleiden.nl. 16