# Statelessness in South and South East Asia

European Parliament procedure 2016/2220(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee AFET / DEVE). Stage: Procedure completed. 152 committee amendments tabled by 20 Members between 2016-12-07 and 2016-12-15.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on statelessness in South and South East Asia. The amendments cite UN human rights instruments and the right to a nationality, the 1954 Convention's definition of a stateless person, the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, causes such as discrimination and unregistered births, gender discrimination in nationality laws, and the UNHCR campaign to end statelessness.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soraya POST | Sweden | S&D | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124997.md |
| Cristian Dan PREDA | Romania | PPE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96838.md |
| Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER | France | ENF | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124755.md |
| Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS | Lithuania | RE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124766.md |
| Marietje SCHAAKE | Netherlands | ALDE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96945.md |
| Amjad BASHIR | United Kingdom | ECR | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124956.md |
| Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA | Spain | ALDE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125040.md |
| Angel DZHAMBAZKI | Bulgaria | ECR | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124873.md |
| Philippe JUVIN | France | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96884.md |
| Urmas PAET | Estonia | RE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/129073.md |
| Georgios EPITIDEIOS | Greece | NI | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125071.md |
| Charles GOERENS | Luxembourg | RE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/840.md |
| Adam SZEJNFELD | Poland | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124890.md |
| David MCALLISTER | Germany | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124806.md |
| Andi CRISTEA | Romania | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/40224.md |

## Official source documents

- PE594.179: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AM-594179_EN.pdf
- PE595.598: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-595598_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-2220-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-2220-INI.json

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