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UNHCR caseworkers are helping stateless residents in the Chiang Mai region of Thailand with their citizenship applications.

Society Thailand

18. November 2024

Fixing Statelessness forHalf a Million People!

Thailand adopted a measure aimed at dramatically reducing statelessness, addressing the situation for nearly 500,000 people who are currently registered as stateless in the Southeast Asian country.

Society

Society Uzbekistan

11. May 2020

Tens of Thousands of Stateless People Can Finally Get a Passport and Citizenship

A new law introduced in Uzbekistan last month will allow around 50,000 stateless people to become citizens of the Central Asian country.

Heroes

17. October 2019

Hollywood Star Cate Blanchett Wants Rights for Stateless People

Cate Blanchett attended a major intergovernmental meeting in Geneva, Switzerland this month in a drive to end the “heartbreaking” plight of statelessness, which affects an estimated fifteen million people.

Society

Society

12. October 2019

Stateless Children in Kenya Now Get a Better Start With Birth Certificates

600 young children from Kenya’s stateless Shona group have been issued birth certificates by the government for the very first time, in a drive to end statelessness and provide the Shona a better future with improved rights and opportunities.