Barbara Hendricks visits Cote d'Ivoire to highlight the problems caused by Statelessness

Stateless people may have difficulty accessing basic rights such as education, healthcare, employment and freedom of movement. Without these things, they can face a lifetime of obstacles.

31 July 2014

Barbara Hendricks talks to a mother and children, sitting on plastic chairs.

Barbara Hendricks talks to a mother and children in the transit camp on the border of Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire.

Barbara Hendricks is greeted with flowers by a child.

Barbara Hendricks is greeted by one of the students of SOS Village in Aboisso, on the outskirts of Abidjan.

Cote d'Ivoire / Statelessness / UNHCR Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador Barbara Hendricks stands with Elise in the village of Dronguine, Cote D'Ivoire. Elise's children had just been given their birth certificates./ UNHCR / P. Wu / July 2014

Cote d'Ivoire / Statelessness / UNHCR Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador Barbara Hendricks stands with the villagers of Dronguine, Cote D'Ivoire. Their children had just been given their birth certificates./ UNHCR / P. Wu / July 2014

Barbara Hendricks talks to Antoinette about having no registration papers.

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