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Where are the world’s stateless people?
The UN refugee agency is hosting a major intergovernmental meeting in Geneva on Monday to assess progress at the midpoint of its #Ibelong campaign which aims to end statelessness by 2024.
Here are examples of stateless populations:
- Emma Batha
- The Sydney Morning Herald
Myanmar/Bangladesh: In 1982, Buddhist-majority Myanmar passed a citizenship law that effectively rendered stateless most Rohingya, who are Muslim and of South Asian descent.
Ethnic violence has …