UNHCR hails accessions to Statelessness conventions in West Africa
statelessness conventions in West Africa UNHCR hails accessions to Mali and Sierra Leone step up prevention from cradle to grave. Two additional countries have formally decided to adhere to...
View ArticleThousands of stateless people given nationality in Thailand
GENEVA, Dec 1 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed an announcement by the Royal Thai Government that more than 18,000 stateless people have been granted nationality in Thailand in the last...
View ArticleThe lost children of Côte d’Ivoire
The lost children of Côte d’Ivoire Denied a nationality and deprived of their basic human rights, stateless people in Côte d’Ivoire cannot go to high school, get a formal job, open a bank account, own...
View ArticleI am Here, I Belong
I AM HERE, I BELONG The Urgent Need to End Childhood Statelessness Download ReportLearn More ; Stateless children are born into a world in which they will face a lifetime of discrimination; their...
View ArticleKenya’s Makonde people finally obtain papers
Kenya’s stateless Makonde people finally obtain papers They came as labourers from Mozambique in the 1930s, but only now are their descendants getting the identity papers they need to work, vote and...
View ArticleAn end to two decades of uncertainty for the Elsani family and over 1,000...
An end to two decades of uncertainty for the Elsani family and over 1,000 others in Montenegro BUDVA, Montenegro – Bujar Elsani, his wife Sabaheta and their six children proudly show their identity...
View Article2 years commemorations of #IBelong Campaign
2 years of #IBelong Campaign; global initiatives highlight the importance of eradicating statelessness 22nd November, GENEVA – “In the two years since the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness was...
View ArticleMaha Mamo, a stateless refugee in Brazil, talks about the challenges of life...
Maha Mamo, a stateless refugee in Brazil, talks about the challenges of a life without nationality As a child, Maha Mamo wasn’t allowed to go on school trips outside of Lebanon. When the other...
View ArticleStepping out of the Shadows of Statelessness
Stepping out of the Shadows of Statelessness 23 December 2016, SARAJEVO– Nuhija Abazi shyly pulls out a so-called “military record book” from his pocket. The timeworn document, listing the dates of...
View ArticleStatelessness in France
Statelessness in France A stateless person is ‘a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law’. In more simple terms, someone who is stateless is someone who...
View Article“My life has changed. Now I’ve become a bird that can fly everywhere I want...
that can fly everywhere I want in the sky.” "My life has changed. Now I’ve become a bird When UNHCR met her in 2015, Artee Ma-Yer was a stateless student in northern Thailand. She shared her dreams...
View ArticleResolving Statelessness in Thailand
Resolving Statelessness in Thailand “We found that some children we helped 20 years ago to have rights and legal status, those who seemed to have no future, have become university graduates with...
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