Citizenship opens new world for stateless man from Georgia

After decades of frustration and broken dreams, Jirair has finally been recognized as a citizen of the country where he was born.

‘I feel like I am born again’: citizenship brings hope to stateless minority in Kenya

Makonde people of Kenya receive citizenship ending stateless existence.

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

that can fly everywhere I want in the sky.” "My life has changed. Now I’ve become a bird When UNHCR met her in 2015, Artee Ma-Yer was a stateless student in northern Thailand. She shared her dreams and challenges in a workshop with stateless youth in Chiang Rai...

Statelessness in France

Statelessness in France A stateless person is ‘a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law’. In more simple terms, someone who is stateless is someone who does not have the nationality of any country. This status has been...

Stepping out of the Shadows of Statelessness

Stepping out of the Shadows of Statelessness 23 December 2016, SARAJEVO- Nuhija Abazi shyly pulls out a so-called “military record book” from his pocket. The timeworn document, listing the dates of his participation as a member of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

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

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL (13 December 2016) Maha Mamo, a stateless refugee in Brazil, talks about the challenges of a life without nationality As a child, Maha Mamo wasn’t allowed to go on school trips outside of Lebanon. When the other children left on buses to Syria or...