World must fund famine-wracked Somalia to prevent generation dying, UN warns
25 August 2011 –
The United Nations refugee agency today launched a campaign to highlight the plight of up to 12 million stateless
people worldwide who are denied basic rights, including access to jobs, housing, education and
health care by dint of their lack of citizenship.
The stateless may also not be able to own property, open bank accounts, get
married legally, or
register the
birth of a child. Some face long periods of detention because they cannot prove their
identity or domicile, the ....
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