Overview

The Stateless Legal Clinic (SLC) is a unique service providing legal education and aid to eligible stateless children in their application for Australian citizenship.

There are an estimated 10 – 15 million stateless people in the world; approximately one third are children. Without nationality, stateless children face barriers in accessing education and healthcare; and in Australia, the threat of prolonged and indefinite immigration detention and removal.

The Clinic stems from research and first-hand experience that indicates there is a critical unmet legal need for stateless children in Australia.

It is the first stateless legal clinic of its kind in Australia, and the third of its kind globally.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which we work.