Stories
Stateless in Liberia
This is a story about Georgia Gage, a 36-year-old Liberian widow, and her three children who do not have a nationality.
Stateless in Liberia
This weekend the world meets to commit to the Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. For 10 million stateless people worldwide this will continue to be a dream as long as they are denied the nationality of any...
9 year old Rama thinks being stateless is unfair
All mothers want the best for their children, especially Amal from Lebanon. She got married to a stateless man and got two children, both stateless. Her daughter, Rama, thinks this is not fair. Watch this video and find out why.
Belize helps everyone have the right to say #IBelong
Belize helps everyone have the right to say #IBelong
Dominican Republic urged not to deport stateless Dominicans
Thousands of people of Haitian descent could face deportation to a country where they are not recognized as citizens.
Stateless in West Africa
Ten million people around the world have no nationality. In West Africa, at least 750,000 face a lifetime of broken dreams.
How a Bangladesh court ruling changed the lives of more than 300,000 stateless people
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.
Q&A: Abidjan meeting brings hope for stateless people in West Africa
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.
STATELESSNESS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE: ALI’S STORY
“I do not know my nationality. I know where I was born. But am I from Burkina Daso? Am I from Côte d’Ivoire?”
Statelessness around the world
At least 10 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.
#IBELONG: END STATELESSNESS NOW
#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 years.
VOICES OF STATELESS: LEAL’S STORY – LEBANON
Leal was born in Lebanon but is stateless. Her grandfather was Lebanese but did not register the birth of Leal’s father.