I was born in a country that no longer exists. The country that replaced it does not recognize me as a citizen and the country I am living in does not have a legal framework to help people like me. My ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- "Nowhere People" tells the story of children and adults who have no citizenship. "Stateless is by definition someone who really doesn't have citizenship to any country in the world ...

Belonging nowhere is a reality for millions of people around the world: it's known as statelessness. Described by some as an ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A stateless person has become a Nauruan citizen under an innovative citizenship program that helps fund economic and climate resilience. The ...

'For most people a passport is a travel document, but for me it means everything. It means I exist. It's finally a sign I belong somewhere.' LONDON, Oct 7 (Thomson ...

Millions of people around the world are denied the right to a nationality, leaving them stateless. As a result, they may be unable to access other basic rights and services, such as being able to go ...

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH: In 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingyas were forced to flee across the border into Bangladesh where they were placed in a massive refugee camp, the largest in the world. Because ...

The United States is committing for the first time to defining “statelessness” and increasing protections for stateless people in the US, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. A ...

“As a stateless person, you don’t get your birth certificate. You live your life, you die as a shadow, you don’t really exist," said human rights defender Maha Mamo as she and her wife, Isabela Sena, ...

Hannah Arendt became a stateless person in 1933 upon fleeing Germany to France. Upon fleeing Germany to France in 1933 without her official papers, Hannah Arendt became a stateless person. After ...