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 status profoundly affects their ability to learn and grow, and to...
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 land, travel freely or vote. Far from being a problem that affects...
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 three years. The move marks an important further step in the global...
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 international treaties that help keep stateless people from falling into legal...
The importance of being registered The indigenous Ngöbe Bugle people live a cross border life in their ancestral territories straddling Costa Rica and Panama. This traditional lifestyle contributed to a risk of becoming stateless, but a UNHCR supported project...
I hope one day to become a teacher” “I will now be able to go to school! Juliette is proud to show off her new birth certificate – the document which will now allow her to go to school and pursue her dreams. The ten year old is one of 1,730 people to receive...
