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SPECIAL COVERAGE: Stateless people - living in limbo

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:01 GMT

Source: alertnet // AlertNet

Roma girls play near their family's tent near Zahrani village in south Lebanon December 18, 2010. Thousands of Bedouin and Roma are stateless and have been living in Lebanon for more then 35 years. REUTERS/Jamal Said

LONDON (AlertNet) - Up to 15 million people have no nationality. Rejected by the country the call home and shunned elsewhere, they are the world’s most invisible people. AlertNet's special multimedia report sheds light at their plight around the world.

Following is a list with all links related to the report.

MULTIMEDIA

VIDEO: Who is stateless? – Emma Batha and Alex Whiting, AlertNet

VIDEO: What is statelessness? – Aubrey Wade/Open Society Foundations

VIDEO: Stateless Nubians - Katy Migiro, AlertNet

VIDEO: Stateless Rohingyas - AlertNet

VIDEO: Stateless children in Sabah –Thin Lei Win, AlertNet

VIDEO: Stateless Dominicans – Jon Anderson, Open Society Foundations

GRAPHIC: Stateless people worldwide - Reuters

 

STORIES   

Invisible millions pay price of statelessness - Emma Batha, AlertNet       

Bedouns suffer uncertain fate in Kuwait - Emma Batha, AlertNet

Colonialism renders Nubians stateless in Kenya - Katy Migiro, AlertNet

Millions of Nepal children risk statelessness - Nita Bhalla, AlertNet

Citizenship worries compromise Ivory Coast stability - George Fominyen, AlertNet

Sabah’s stateless children seek official status - Thin Lei Win, AlertNet

Roma must get citizenship, says Europe rights chief  -  Megan Rowling, AlertNet     

EXPERT VIEWS – Did statelessness fuel the conflict in Congo? - George Fominyen, AlertNet

Brazil bill gives hope to Latin America’s stateless – Anastasia Moloney, AlertNet

 

FACTBOXES AND RESOURCES

FACTBOX: Stateless groups around the world - Emma Batha, AlertNet    

FACTBOX: How countries have tackled statelessness - Astrid Zweynert, AlertNet

LINKS: The world's most invisible people? - AlertNet

 

BLOGS

HAVE YOUR SAY: What does it mean to be stateless? - Tim Large, AlertNet

How DNA is helping young Thais get citizenship – Plan International  

‘Drowning nations’ threaten new 21st Century statelessness –  Maxine Burkett, ICAP

No rights for stateless Rohingya fleeing Burma - Refugees International    

 

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