stateless persons
People without citizenship
Stateless persons are people who lack citizenship in any country.
This may result from gaps in nationality laws, state succession, or deliberate denationalization by governments.
Without citizenship, they often cannot obtain identity documents, work legally, access healthcare, or travel freely: The treaty protects stateless persons from deportation.
International law treats statelessness as a humanitarian concern.
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- birth registrationRecording a newborn officially
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
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Members of a nation
nationals · naturalized citizens · passport holders · subjects · dual citizens
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