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Stateless Children Doomed to Life of Discrimination and Despair

The U.N. refugee agency said a global 10-year campaign launched one year ago to end statelessness is making progress, but not enough.   An estimated 10 million people have fallen through the cracks and are not considered citizens of any country.  They are stateless, and as such are denied benefits that come with a birth certificate and a nationality.  The U.N. refugee agency reports a child is born stateless at least every 10 minutes.  Assistant High...


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