statelessness

Also known as stateless

In international law, a stateless person is someone who is "not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law". Some stateless people are also refugees. However, not all refugees are stateless, and many people who are stateless have never crossed an international border. At the end of 2022, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees published an estimation of 4.4 million people worldwide as either stateless or of undetermined nationality, which is 90,800 (or 2%) more than at the end of 2021. However, the data itself is not complete because UNHCR does not have data

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Statelessness occurs when a person is not recognized as a citizen by any country under international law, a condition that can affect people regardless of whether they've crossed borders or fled their homes. This matters because stateless individuals—estimated at 4.4 million worldwide as of 2022—lack the legal protections and rights that citizenship typically provides, though the true number may be higher since complete global data is not yet available.

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Ethnic group.total: Unknown, in the many millions. UNHCR sometimes lists 4.4 million figure, but this estimate is about XXA designated stateless people who have been officially determined as stateless by state actors. True number is unknown due to how state actors that cause mass statelessness do not cooperate on data collection. UNHCR data is incomplete.
Ethnic group.total_year: 2022
Ethnic group.total_source: estimate
Ethnic group.region1: Bangladesh
Ethnic group.pop1: 952,300 registered
Ethnic group.region2: Ivory Coast
Ethnic group.pop2: 931,100 registered
Ethnic group.region3: Myanmar
Ethnic group.pop3: 630,000 registered
Ethnic group.region4: Thailand
Ethnic group.pop4: 574,200 registered

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Contents

Causes
Conflict of law
Gender discrimination in ''jus sanguinis''
Ethnicity
State succession
Political or religious conflicts
Administrative obstacles
Renunciation
Non-state territories
Stateless nations
History
In antiquity
Before World War II
After World War II
Statelessness since 1961
Notable cases
Airports
During change of citizenship
By country
Australia
Bahrain
Brazil
Brunei
Canada
Dominican Republic
Estonia and Latvia
Greece
Hong Kong
South Asia
Indonesia
Japan
Kuwait
Myanmar
Pakistan
Palestinians
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Organizations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Statelessness mandate
Global campaign to end statelessness
International Stateless Persons Organisation
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
European Network on Statelessness
See also
References
Further reading
External links

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== Notable cases == === Airports === Some stateless people have received widespread public attention in airports due to their status as ports of entry.