Statelessness in Lebanon: Leal’s Story
“To be stateless is like you don’t exist, you simply don’t exist. You live in a parallel world with no proof of your identity” – Leal Leal was born in Lebanon but is stateless. Her grandfather was Lebanese but did not register the birth...UNHCR announces push to end statelessness worldwide by end-2024
UNHCR is today launching a global “I Belong” campaign aimed at ending within 10 years the problem of statelessness – a devastating legal limbo for the millions of people worldwide who lack any nationality and the human rights protections that go with it. The goal of...
Stateless in the Philippines: Indonesian descendants feel torn between two lands
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines, September 15 (UNHCR) – The question is simple: “Where are you from?” But in this rice-milling community in southern Mindanao, the answers are never straightforward. “My parents are from Indonesia. My mother escaped forced...