In 2008, the Supreme Court stated that all members of the Urdu-speaking community were nationals of Bangladesh with the right to vote and have ID cards.
UNHCR’s representative in Côte d’Ivoire looks at the situation of stateless people in the country ahead of an important regional meeting on statelessness in West Africa.
“I do not know my nationality. I know where I was born. But am I from Burkina Daso? Am I from Côte d’Ivoire?” Ali was never registered at birth. He no longer has any contact with his family and does not have any documents that prove his identity or...
Statelessness around the world At least 4.4 million people in the world today are stateless. They are told that they don’t belong anywhere. They are denied a nationality. And without one, they are denied their basic rights. While most of Europe’s Roma possess a...
#IBELONG to a world where everyone has the right to a nationality. We need ten million signatures to change ten million lives. Please sign & share our open letter to end statelessness in ten...
Leal was born in Lebanon but is stateless. Her grandfather was Lebanese but did not register the birth of Leal’s father. As Leal’s father was not registered, he in turn could not register the birth of Leal and her six siblings. Today, she is married to a...
