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3rd November 2015
09:47am GMT

"In the short time that children get to be children, statelessness can set in stone grave problems that will haunt them throughout their childhoods and sentence them to a life of discrimination, frustration and despair," UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres said.The UN refugee agency is urging all states to take steps, including allowing children to gain the nationality of the country in which they are born – if they would otherwise be stateless – and reforming laws that prevent mothers from passing their nationality to their children on an equal basis as fathers. It is also calling for universal birth registration to prevent statelessness, and the elimination of laws and practices that deny children nationality because of their ethnicity, race or religion. To learn more about #ibelong, the campaign to end statelessness and show your support for the cause, click here.
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