In Episode 3 of Season 5, Luci Portugal Vidal (Mlitt International Security Studies) in speaks with Aleksejs Ivashuk, founder of Apatride Network and a leading advocate on statelessness in Europe, about the realities of life without legal nationality.
Moving beyond statelessness as a legal category, the conversation explores how non-recognition shapes access to rights, education, healthcare, work, mobility, identity, and belonging. Drawing on critical security studies, Luci and Aleksejs examine statelessness as a form of human insecurity, questioning whose security is protected by the state system—and whose insecurity becomes normalised.
The episode also reflects on Hannah Arendt’s concept of the “right to have rights,” the politics of borders and citizenship deprivation, and why stateless-led advocacy is essential for advancing both knowledge and meaningful change.