by Michelle Payne | Dec 16, 2019 | In Their Distress, Statelessness
In Their Distress According to a CNN report published on Aug. 31, 2019, almost 2 million people found themselves off of India’s registry, making them stateless. These residents of Assam, India are at the center of the “controversial new National Register...
by A White | Dec 9, 2019 | In Their Distress, Statelessness
A White ISIS has headlined news items across the US and the world for years running. Despite the progress made in the fight against this terror group, its name is far from effaced in the global consciousness. And the devastation it wreaked on its victims is not...
by A White | Oct 16, 2019 | In Their Distress, Statelessness
A White Siti Masitah Ibrahim disappeared early in 2019—January 30th to be exact. Her disappearance added her to the ranks of many children across the globe who were or are missing. But while she may have shared the status of “disappeared” with hundreds of thousands of...
by Matt | Oct 15, 2018 | In Their Distress, Outreach, Statelessness
In Their Distress In our previous article in this series, we discussed how someone can become stateless and what it means to be stateless. While it sounds simple to say that a stateless person has no nationality, the implications of what that means are more profound....
by Helen | Sep 6, 2018 | In Their Distress, Outreach, Statelessness
In Their Distress “Invisible” people exist all around the world. They are commonly referred to as “stateless.” But in some places, they’re also known as “the erased”. According to the UNHCR, “The international legal definition...
by Helen | Jul 14, 2018 | Community, In Their Distress
Family When caring for the orphan seems limited to those “legitimized” by the government including international institutions, local programs, and those “approved to adopt” by various state and country entities, what is the unaffiliated...