Travel Document Project

Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP), Briefing on the proposed changes to Asylum Support and Asylum Support Appeals , January 2010.

Bronwen Manby, (2010), (2nd edition), Citizenship Law in Africa: A comparative study, summary and recommendations.   Open Society Institute, New York.

A comparative study by the Open Society Justice Initiative and Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project. It describes the often arbitrary, discriminatory, and contradictory citizenship laws that exist from state to state, and recommends ways that African countries can bring their citizenship laws in line with international legal norms.  The report covers topics such as citizenship by descent, citizenship by naturalization, gender discrimination in citizenship law, dual citizenship, and the right to identity documents and passports. The complete second edition of the report is available for download in English and French.

See table 1, page 38: Countries providing a right to a nationality (right to citizenship based on birth in the country, citizenship if parents unknown or stateless).

See page 9, section ‘International norms' in relation to right to nationality in African countries.

Equal Rights Trust, (2010), Unravelling Anomaly: Detention, Discrimination and the Protection Needs of Stateless Persons 

An extensive report that outlines and critiques categories and types of statelessness, the rights of the stateless, experiences of statelessness, stateless persons in detention, and positive developments and recommendations

Gerry Hickey, (2008), ‘Unreasonably Destitute.  A report by ASAP into the difficulties of obtaining Section 4 Support for refused asylum seekers taking reasonable steps to leave the UK ' 

Hugh Massey, (2010), UNHCR and De Facto Statelessness,  UNHCR Legal and Protection Policy Research Series.  

Background paper prepared for an Expert Meeting organized by UNHCR on the Concept of Stateless Persons in International Law.

Independent Chief Inspector of UKBA, ‘Asylum: Getting the balance right? A thematic inspection: July - November 2009 '

London Diplomatic List, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. July 2011 version. Download available from right hand column.

National Audit Office, (2005), Returning Failed Asylum Applicants. The Stationery Office, London

Prison Service Order, Immigration and Foreign Nationals in Prison PSO 4630 number 22/2007.  HM Prison Service.  11.1.2008.  Download available from right hand column.

UKBA, Former Enforcement Instructions & Guidance Chapter 52 'Documentation and Consular Access'. Saved 10th March 2010, no longer valid.  Download available from right hand column.

UKBA and Foreign & Commonwealth Office, March 2010, International Challenges, International Solutions: Managing the Movement of People and Goods.  

UNHCR, (2008), Statelessness: An Analytical Framework for Prevention, Reduction and Protection 

This publication is intended to assist in the prevention and reduction of statelessness and the protection of stateless persons by providing a framework for analysing situations where persons are stateless or are at risk of becoming stateless. The Framework is designed to identify causes of statelessness, obstacles to acquisition of nationality and the risks faced by stateless persons as well as to highlight the capacities of all concerned stakeholders to minimize those risks. 

UNHCR, Inter-Parliamentary Union Handbook for Parliamentarians: Nationality and Statelessness  (2008) [2005]