On 25 March, the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) and Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (Peter McMulin Centre) organized a virtual event to launch their report “A Place to Call Home” which highlights the legal and practical barriers to accessing citizenship faced by stateless refugee children born in Australia. Linked to the report, RACS, the Peter McMullin Centre and the Melbourne Law School Clinics at the University of Melbourne launched the Stateless Children Legal Clinic to offer legal support to stateless children in their application for Australian citizenship. From 17 to 23 February, the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, with support from UNHCR, organized its third annual Intensive Statelessness Course. The course, which was held virtually, provided participants with knowledge, skills and practical tools to address statelessness. The Parliamentary Committee on Administration and National Security of Kenya meets with the stateless Pemba community to discuss their situation. © Kenya Human Rights Commission Following a 2020 petition for the recognition of the stateless Pemba as Kenyan nationals hearings were held, in February and March 2021, by the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and National Security to gather historical information on the stateless Pemba population and their presence in Kenya. The Committee has now requested UNHCR and the Kenyan Human Rights Commission to support the compilation of a community register. This will be presented to the Committee and the National Task Force on the Identification and Registration of Stateless Persons, which will support efforts to address their statelessness. Consultations continued at the meeting between the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and National Security of Kenya and the Pemba community © Kenya Human Rights Commission 2

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