Acknowledgements This briefing is published and authored by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), a civil society alliance of over 150 organisations and individual experts in 41 countries committed to addressing statelessness in Europe. Everyone has the right to a nationality. ENS believes this must be respected and that the human rights of people who lack a nationality – stateless people – must be protected. ENS is dedicated to working with stateless people in Europe to advocate for their rights and aims to reach its goals through law and policy development, awareness-raising, and capacity-building. ENS is very grateful to all who gave their time and expertise to reviewing and commenting on drafts of this briefing. In addition to Statelessness Index country researchers, whose extensive efforts and commitment make the Index what it is, experts consulted in the drafting of this briefing included Gábor Gyulai (Hungarian Helsinki Committee), Laura Van Waas (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion), Ivanka Kostic and Milan Radojev (NGO Praxis), Jyothi Kanics and Rabea Niggemeyer. Front cover photo: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lawyer from UNHCR’s free legal aid implementing partner is holding the birth certificate which Roma family didn’t previously have; © UNHCR/Midhat Poturovic