Stateless people: Nepal citizenship law lifeline to “hundreds of thousands” in limbo
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how long awaited reform will give stateless people access to jobs, education and healthcare…
“They tried to erase us”: Myanmar’s Rohingya IDs deny citizenship
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on claims Myanmar’s identity card system has been used as a surveillance tool against the persecuted minority…
Ukraine’s stateless trapped in warzone with no proof they exist
Thomson Reuters Foundation When the air raid sirens sound at night, Svitlana Honcharova takes her two young sons to the cellar under their apartment in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and prays they will still be alive in the morning. Although thousands have fled Russia’s bombardment of Sumy in the far northeast, 31-year-old Honcharova dares […]
Refugees in India, elsewhere hit hard by COVID-19 impact: rights report
Mumbai, IndiaReuters At least 200,000 refugees are among the worst affected by India’s COVID-19 outbreak as they have no access to welfare schemes or free healthcare, a report by an international consortium of rights groups said on Wednesday. “The stateless in India have not received economic relief packages provided by the government…they don’t have a […]
Uzbekistan ends plight of thousands of stateless people with landmark law
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Uzbekistan is to allow tens of thousands of stateless people to become citizens under a new law hailed by the United Nations, which urged other countries to follow suit in ending the plight of some of the world’s most invisible people. “This is a huge development and we hope it will […]
Millions of “invisible” stateless could be denied help if they get coronavirus
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of people worldwide will be unable to get healthcare if they fall ill with coronavirus because they have no nationality, potentially exacerbating the spread of the disease, human rights campaigners said on Tuesday. They urged every country to ensure all stateless people on their territory can receive free medical assistance […]
Home sweet home? Not for 200,000 plus stateless in US
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation More than 200,000 people in the United States may be stateless, isolated and unable to travel, bank, see a doctor or get a job, according to groundbreaking research released on Thursday. There are an estimated 10 to 15 million people globally who are not recognised as citizens of any […]
World Council of Churches calls for an end to statelessness amid flurry of statements
The World Council of Churches has called for an end to statelessness around the world, noting data showing that more than 75 per cent of the world’s millions of stateless people are from minority groups. The WCC’s executive committee issued a statement this week as it meets in Bossey, Switzerland, in which it pointed out […]
End of statelessness in sight for Shona as Kenya issues birth certificates
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Happiness Kapota will remember forever the day when her children lined up in Nairobi to receive their birth certificates. Joyce, Caleb and Sidet Moyo were among the first children from Kenya’s stateless Shona group to receive the government-issued certificates, which will give them opportunities and rights long denied to the Shona. […]
Quickfacts – Where are the world’s stateless people?
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation An estimated 10 to 15 million people are not recognised as nationals by any country, often depriving them of basic rights most of the world takes for granted such as education, healthcare, housing and jobs. The UN refugee agency hosted a major intergovernmental meeting in Geneva on Monday to assess progress at […]