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Statelessness - Video - Facts
A stateless person is not recognized
as a citizen by any state. Citizenship enables you not only to vote, hold
public office, and exit and enter a country freely, but also to obtain housing,
health care, employment, and education. It is vital in order to live a decent
human life. Stateless people are denied that right.
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Subject: Statelessness of Children - Report - The Girl Child
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"Statelessness, or the lack of
effective nationality, impacts the daily lives of some 11-12 million people
around the world. Perhaps those who suffer most are stateless infants, children
and youth. Though born and raised in their parents' country of habitual
residence, they lack formal recognition of their existence........The goal of
this report, which is dedicated to the promise and potential of all children,
is increased recognition of every child's right to a nationality and the
actions that can be taken to give them a brighter future......When state systems
linked to registration are destroyed during conflict or disasters, people may
lose access to their birth records and citizenship documents. Families who
leave homes and possessions during political crises may flee without
identification or lose proof of citizenship. It can also be difficult for
children to acquire their parents' nationality when refugee mothers give birth
outside their home countries. In addition, countries that determine citizenship
exclusively by the father's nationality create problems for children born out
of wedlock, separated from their fathers, or whose fathers are
stateless......Unlike refugees, stateless children receive neither
international recognition nor aid, and they don't have the option of returning
to a country of origin like migrants do."
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