Stateless SE Asian ‘legal ghosts’ get nationality
The UNHCR applauds a decision by the Philippines and Indonesia to grant citizenship to thousands of stateless people, saying it sets an example for resolving a global issue.
The UNHCR applauds a decision by the Philippines and Indonesia to grant citizenship to thousands of stateless people, saying it sets an example for resolving a global issue.
Around 28,000 refugees from the Rohingya minority in western Burma live in two official camps in Bangladesh. They are the more fortunate ones: hundreds of thousands more live a precarious[…]
Thousands of Thais left stateless in Burma after the British colonial carve-up offered Thai citizenship, but observers remain sceptical