tilburg law review 19 (2014) 108-116 brill.com/tilr Statelessness at Home The Story of a Stateless Student at Tilburg Law School Sangita Jaghai Student, Tilburg Law School; intern at the Statelessness Programme s.jaghai@tilburguniversity.edu Abstract This article looks into the story of Hanna, a stateless student who is studying for her LLM at Tilburg Law School. By discussing Hanna’s statelessness and her experiences in the Netherlands, this piece contributes to a better understanding of statelessness, while also using her situation as a backdrop for discussing some of the difficulties inherent in the current policy response to statelessness in the Netherlands. Keywords statelessness in the Netherlands – stateless student – statelessness programme – storytelling project – Tilburg University 1 Introduction 21-year old Hanna1 completed her undergraduate degree in International and European Law at Tilburg Law School last summer and is now studying for her LLM. She is a bright and motivated student who is working hard towards her future. Just like her fellow Law School students, she spends time thinking about the career she would like to pursue and making plans. But, besides grades, choices and her CV, Hanna has something extra to worry about. Although she grew up in the Netherlands, speaks the language fluently and feels Dutch, she is not a Dutch national. Significantly, she also does not hold any other nationality. Hanna is stateless. It appears that she has been 1 At the request of the interviewee and for confidentiality reasons a different name will be used to share this story. © koninklijke brill nv, leiden, 2014 | doi 10.1163/22112596-01902011