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Lives on Hold: The Human Cost of Statelessness
A Report by Refugees International
02/14/2005
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New
Report By Refugees International Documents Plight Of “Stateless” People
Report Estimates that 11 Million Individuals Have No Citizenship or Effective Nationality
Report Estimates that 11 Million Individuals Have No Citizenship or Effective Nationality
Lives
on Hold: The Human Costs of
Statelessness is Refugees International's new 50-page report
that highlights the difficulties faced by an estimated 11 million
individuals worldwide who have no citizenship or effective nationality.
These stateless people are international orphans who have fallen
through the cracks of the United Nations. They regularly cannot
participate in the political process of any country and are guaranteed
no legal protections. Because of their status, millions of stateless
people have difficulty in obtaining jobs and owning property, receive
inadequate access to healthcare and education, and suffer sexual and
physical violence.
The report documents the human costs of the problem in more than 70 countries with particular emphasis on groups in Bangladesh, Estonia and the United Arab Emirates, and provides recommendations to the international community on what must be done by the UN, individual states and donor governments like the United States.
The report documents the human costs of the problem in more than 70 countries with particular emphasis on groups in Bangladesh, Estonia and the United Arab Emirates, and provides recommendations to the international community on what must be done by the UN, individual states and donor governments like the United States.
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Executive Summary
Nationality: A Fundamental Human Right
No Right to Reside: Conditions that Create Statelessness
No Country to Call Home: The Scope of Statelessness
Whose Job Is It Anyway? UNHCR’s Second Mandate
“Citizen, Third Class”: Findings from RI’s Statelessness Project
Nationality: A Fundamental Human Right
No Right to Reside: Conditions that Create Statelessness
No Country to Call Home: The Scope of Statelessness
Whose Job Is It Anyway? UNHCR’s Second Mandate
“Citizen, Third Class”: Findings from RI’s Statelessness Project
Global Review of Statelessness
Conclusion and Recommendations
Sources
Appendix A
Appendix B
Acknowledgments
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