The Thesis is a Comparative Analysis on the detention and repatriation practices of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Legal grounds, the European Union, Foreign Nationals and illegal immigration are all subjects discussed in the dissertation.

Statelessness is a global issue that affects more than 12 million people around the world. Based on the United Nations (UN) estimates, the Council of Europe (CoE) has identified the number of stateless persons in Europe to be at least 680,000. Despite the above figures, statelessness remains a relatively …