Statelessness: Leal's story
Publicado 2015-03-08
Leal is stateless in Lebanon, this is her story...
"To be stateless is like you don't exist. You live in a parallel world with no proof of your identity"
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Across the world today more than ten million people are told they don’t belong ANYWHERE.
They are called ‘stateless’. They are denied a nationality. And with it, they are denied their basic rights.
Statelessness can mean a life without education, without medical care, or legal employment.
It can mean a life without the ability to move freely, without prospects, or hope. Statelessness is inhumane.
The main reason people are stateless is because of discrimination. Because of their ethnicity. Because of their religion. Because in some countries women cannot pass their nationality on to their children.
We believe it’s time to end this injustice. With enough courage we know it is possible. Governments can change their laws and procedures, and give stateless people their rights and a place to belong.
Within ten years, we can ensure everyone has a nationality. Because if we don’t this injustice will only get worse. A child is born stateless every ten minutes.
Join our campaign to end statelessness: ibelong.unhcr.org/
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