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THAILAND

THAILAND This tea farm that my family works on explained Sen, 16. © UNHCR Thailand’s stateless population is mostly made up of indigenous ‘Hill Tribe’ groups living in mountainous regions bordering...

ITALY

ITALY I don’t feel physical – this is statelessness. I know the road but I am not able to follow it. I am just a shadow. (Ned, 24). © UNHCR Italy hosts a large number of Roma, many of whom are stateless....

GEORGIA

GEORGIA “I took a photo of the sea because it is the only thing big enough to contain all the emotions that I feel as a stateless person.” (Nino, 19) After the dissolution of the Soviet Union,...

COTE D’IVOIRE

COTE D’IVOIRE Annick is around 13 years old and stateless, playing with her friend Fatou. © UNHCR / Arnaud Froger Côte d’Ivoire hosts the largest stateless population in Africa. Statelessness in Côte...

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Wildiana is around 18 years old and stateless. © UNHCR/ M. Redondo As a result of a 2013 Constitutional Court ruling, tens of thousands of Dominicans, the vast majority of Haitian descent, were...

Yannick Vivet, stateless in France

“When you lose all your document, it is as if life stops”. PARIS, FRANCE – October 21. Yannick Vivet was born in Cameroon in 1979 and grew up there. His Belgian father passed him his Belgian citizenship. He moved to Paris in 2003 and has lived there ever since. He...