Can we end statelessness in a decade?

Updated: Tue, 3 May 2016

Stateless limbo ends as 3,000 'legal ghosts' in the Philippines get nationality

Around 40 percent of the world's estimated 10 million stateless people live in southeast Asia

UK urged to stop locking up stateless "ghost people"
Experts say Britain subjects stateless people to "prolonged and pointless detention" as it tries to remove them even though no country will accept them By Emma Batha | Thu, 10 Nov 2016
Hong Kong stateless kids lost in translation as asylum claims soar
There are over 11,000 asylum seekers in the Asian financial hub, some still uncertain about their fate after waiting for more than 15 years By Reuters | Sun, 19 Jun 2016
China urged to recognise stateless children of trafficked NKoreans
Around 20,000 to 30,000 children born to North Korean women in China have no nationality and no basic rights By Emma Batha | Wed, 9 Dec 2015
Thousands in West Africa gain IDs, but one million still stateless
Stateless people not accepted as citizens by any country, denied basic rights and vulnerable to exploitation and traffickers By Kieran Guilbert | Thu, 25 Feb 2016
A generation of Syrian children who don't count
Thousands of potentially stateless children are one way wars in Syria and Iraq are reshaping Middle East and its people By Reuters | Tue, 3 May 2016
Costa Rica fighting stalessness with ID cards to indigenous people
Authorities estimate up to 8,000 members of the Ngobe Bugle tribe lack any type of documents By Anastasia Moloney | Fri, 26 Feb 2016
"Prisoner in my own country"- film of stateless children's plight
Women in Nepal cannot pass on their nationality to their children, leaving some stateless By Magdalena Mis | Thu, 10 Dec 2015
Nepali single mothers say law change would make children stateless
Women object to proposal to give citizenship only to children of two Nepali parents By Gopal Sharma | Thu, 8 Jan 2015
INTERVIEW-World must end "cancer" of statelessness - Guterres
"To be stateless is to be tortured every day. It's a form of psychological torture that is permanent," U.N. refugee head By Emma Batha | Tue, 4 Nov 2014
Tutu and Jolie back UN drive to end statelessness in a decade
10 million stateless people in the world have no country to call home By Emma Batha | Tue, 4 Nov 2014
FACTBOX-Where are the world's stateless people?
Examples of stateless people from around the world By Emma Batha | Tue, 4 Nov 2014
"Like tumbleweed, I can never put down roots" - stateless woman
“I feel like a person who has been sent to space and forgotten about," says Railya who has no nationality By Emma Batha | Tue, 14 Oct 2014
Europe urged to end plight of 600,000 ghost people
Day of action aims to lift veil on some of the continent’s most invisible people By Emma Batha | Tue, 14 Oct 2014
FACTBOX: How does someone end up stateless in Europe?
Snapshots of seven people who are living in limbo with nowhere to call home By Emma Batha | Tue, 14 Oct 2014
Stateless in New York: A woman's life as a "legal ghost"
A look at life for a woman without a country By Maria Caspani | Thu, 18 Sep 2014
War may make hundreds of thousands of young Syrians stateless
Lack of documents due to chaos of war may prevent parents from registering birth of children abroad By Emma Batha | Wed, 17 Sep 2014
Opera singer backs drive to help 10 mln "ghost" people
Renowned soprano Barbara Hendricks lends her voice to the campaign to end statelessness By Emma Batha | Tue, 16 Sep 2014
video-trustdocs "You don't belong here" - Steven's story of statelessness
Ten years ago Steven came to Britain seeking asylum. He was refused and told to return to his country. But he can’t because that country doesn’t recognise him. By Liz Mermin and Emma Batha | Tue, 16 Sep 2014
UN to launch bold plan to end statelessness in a decade
Stateless people typically have no rights to the benefits most people take for granted By Thomson Reuters Foundation | Mon, 15 Sep 2014
Myanmar's Rohingya stuck in refugee limbo in India
After fleeing persecution in Myanmar, stateless Rohingya Muslims face destitution and discrimination in India By Nita Bhalla | Mon, 15 Sep 2014
International surrogacy traps babies in stateless limbo
No country is granting these babies citizenship because of conflicts over the definition of legal parents By Emma Batha | Thu, 18 Sep 2014
video-shortcuts VIDEO: "We Rohingya get kicked around like a football"
Kohinoor, a Muslim Rohingya, fled her home in Myanmar after a wave of ethnic violence. She hoped for a chance to rebuild her life, but in India she has found destitution and discrimination. By Nita Bhalla | Tue, 19 May 2015
FACTBOX: Where are the world's stateless people?
Examples of stateless people from around the world By Emma Batha | Mon, 15 Sep 2014
Thai woman fights for stateless after dodging life in brothels
Given the choice of working in a factory or brothel, a young stateless woman finds a path to another life altogether By Thin Lei Win | Fri, 12 Sep 2014