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Resolving Statelessness in Thailand

More than 27,000 stateless people have acquired Thai nationality since the end of 2011 thanks to the concerted efforts of the government with the support of UNHCR and its NGO partner. Watch a video highlighting how Thailand has done so.

“My life has changed. Now I’ve become a bird that can fly everywhere I want in the sky.”

Two years after UNHCR first met Artee, she has acquired Thai nationality with the help of UNHCR’s partner, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). Watch her new video.

Statelessness in France

As of 31 December 2015, 1,326 stateless persons were living in France. Find out more about their stories here.

Stepping out of the Shadows of Statelessness

Nuhija Abazi takes one step closer to obtaining citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Maha Mamo, a stateless refugee in Brazil, talks about the challenges of life without a nationality

Maha Mamo talks about life without a nationality

2 years commemorations of #IBelong Campaign

Global initiatives highlight the continuing importance of UNHCR’s efforts to eradicate statelessness

An end to two decades of uncertainty for the Elsani family and over 1,000 others in Montenegro

Kenya’s Makonde people finally obtain papers

Kenya’s Makonde are granted citizenship after years of statelessness

I am Here, I Belong

UNHCR report on the urgent need to end childhood statelessness.

The lost children of Côte d’Ivoire

This is the story of three children who have grown up in Côte d’Ivoire without a nationality because one of both of their parents abandoned them.

Thousands of stateless people given nationality in Thailand

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.

UNHCR hails accessions to Statelessness conventions in West Africa

Mali and Sierra Leone step up prevention from cradle to grave.