What Does It Mean To Be Stateless?
What Rights Do Refugees Have? http://bit.ly/1Xr4RVN Who Are The 'Gypsies'? http://testu.be/1IGYuab Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Around the world, there are over 10 million people...
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Ten million people around the world are stateless. They are not citizens of a country, they have no nationality, and often, they lack basic human rights. The current refugee crisis in Syria has created thousands of stateless children, and as a result, the UN now reports that a stateless child is born every ten minutes. But, how exactly can a person not have any nationality? How do you become stateless? Well, stateless people have almost no real rights, as there is no government to uphold them. Various conventions have attempted to improve the situation, but without citizenship, most people cannot vote, go to school, find a job, see a doctor, get married, or pretty much anything else that requires an ID. They also see high rates of exploitation, violence, and sex...
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Ten million people around the world are stateless. They are not citizens of a country, they have no nationality, and often, they lack basic human rights. The current refugee crisis in Syria has created thousands of stateless children, and as a result, the UN now reports that a stateless child is born every ten minutes. But, how exactly can a person not have any nationality? How do you become stateless? Well, stateless people have almost no real rights, as there is no government to uphold them. Various conventions have attempted to improve the situation, but without citizenship, most people cannot vote, go to school, find a job, see a doctor, get married, or pretty much anything else that requires an ID. They also see high rates of exploitation, violence, and sex...
