“Citizenship has given me three things: stability as a human, the feeling that I belong to a country and the right to vote”

Jelena Grissle, who was granted citizenship in Latvia in 2003 after 20 years of statelessness.

It took Jelena 20 years to achieve rights that most of us take for granted. Yet, today at least 10 million people around the world don’t have a nationality in any country. Statelessness can mean a life with no access to education or health care, and no possibility of working legally, getting a driver’s license or even getting married.

To end this inhumanity, UNHCR is working to eradicate statelessness and ensure everyone has a nationality. In order to do this, we need YOUR help. Please donate today to support UNHCR’s efforts to end statelessness around the world.

With your donation, UNHCR can help improve stateless people’s lives, and help prevent and reduce statelessness by:

• Providing legal assistance to help people resolve their particular situation and attain a nationality
  
  
• Registering births to reduce the risk of statelessness
  
  
• Ensuring that stateless people have access to basic needs and social services
  
  
• Protecting stateless people from violence and exploitation
  
  
• Advocating for durable solutions, including changes in nationality laws to end statelessness once and for all.

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