The Adzovic family, statelessness passed on from mother to daughter

PARIS, FRANCE – October 20. The Adzovic family is of Roma, Muslim, and Montenegrin origin. Their family suffered a lot of discrimination for a long period of time. Silvana (the mother) became stateless in 2004 when the Montenegrin authorities told her she did not...

Victoria, recognized as stateless in France

“…of course I would choose French nationality”. PARIS, FRANCE – October 20. Victoria was born in 1989 in Tikhoretsk, in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR where she stayed until 1991, which is when she and her family moved to Kazakhstan. She has been...

Anastasia Trevogin, formerly stateless in France

‘One day, I presented my statelessness document to the bank (which stated “nationality: stateless-stateless”). They asked me: “where is the country “stateless” located?” PARIS, FRANCE, October 20 – Anastasia was born in a...

The National Museum of Kenya hosted this exhibition to raise awareness for people of Makonde origin who are stateless and face barriers in everyday life. Photo: UNHCR/A. Okumu Mecelista Nchewa has lived in Kenya for most of her life, still this lady in her seventies...

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