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UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of risks to the fight against statelessness
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today that recent advances in the battle to end statelessness were being imperiled by a rise in damaging forms of nationalism.
Colombia acts to ensure children born to Venezuelan parents are not left stateless
The Colombian Government has taken a major step in combatting statelessness by ensuring that children born in the country to Venezuelan parents are able to acquire Colombian nationality.
Resolving Statelessness in Thailand
More than 27,000 stateless people have acquired Thai nationality since the end of 2011 thanks to the concerted efforts of the government with the support of UNHCR and its NGO partner. Watch a video highlighting how Thailand has done so.
2 years commemorations of #IBelong Campaign
Global initiatives highlight the continuing importance of UNHCR’s efforts to eradicate statelessness
UNHCR hails accessions to Statelessness conventions in West Africa
Mali and Sierra Leone step up prevention from cradle to grave.
IPU Conference
MPs from 39 countries met recently in South Africa to discuss how they can work together to end statelessness.