For Valentin, statelessness meant 'a lifetime proving I exist'
After a 12-year legal battle, a young man from North Macedonia has finally received a nationality and can start building the life he always dreamed of.
16 Sep 2022
Stateless Rohingya continue to struggle for survival in Myanmar
Five years after 700,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh, and a decade after intercommunal violence rocked Rakhine State, those who remain live in a state of limbo.
25 Aug 2022
UNHCR applauds Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality law
11 Aug 2022
UNHCR lauds Philippines' accession to 1961 statelessness convention
25 Mar 2022
Stateless girl in Croatia dreams of having "papers"
Without documents proving her nationality, nine-year-old Medina risks being excluded from education, health care and travel.
9 Mar 2022
Children, long-term refugees among population at risk of statelessness in Horn of Africa
3 Feb 2022
Without documents, women at high risk of gender-based violence
UNHCR is advocating for women and girls in South Africa to acquire identity documents which can help reduce the risk of statelessness, and physical and psychological abuse.
15 Dec 2021
I BELONG: Collective action key to solving statelessness in South Sudan
25 Nov 2021
UNHCR: World must turn COP26 words into action for forcibly displaced and stateless people
12 Nov 2021