From Syria to Europe: Experiences of Stateless Kurds and Palestinian Refugees from Syria Seeking Protection in Europe Contents Executive Summary 2 1. Introduction 4 1.1. Methodology 5 1.2. Overview of the report 6 2. From Syria to Europe: statelessness, conflict and displacement 2.1. Statelessness in Syria 8 2.2. Palestinian Refugees from Syria (PRS) 8 2.3. Stateless Kurds from Syria 9 2.4. Syrian conflict and displacement 10 2.5. The migration and asylum context in Europe 11 2.6. Greece context in brief 11 2.7. Netherlands context in brief 12 3. Challenges on route & in reception processes 14 4. Family reunification & resettlement 18 5. Durable solutions: access to a nationality 22 6. Conclusions & recommendations 26 Glossary 28 January 2019 This report was researched and drafted by Thomas McGee, with research support and input from Marlotte van Dael and Zahra Albarazi, who also assisted with drafting sections of the report. The report was edited by Laura van Waas, incorporating review and feedback from Nina Murray and Jan Brulc. Design and layout by Shantanu Majumder. The project was financially supported by Stichting Democratie en Media (Democracy and Media Foundation). The report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. With appropriate credit, this report can be copied, redistributed and adapted for non-commercial purposes. If you build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. The terms of this licence however should not be interpreted as precluding in any way the use of the report as a reference tool by legal practitioners working for remuneration. Cover photo: Syrian Kurdish refugees take ferry to Athens; © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell