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Pros And Cons Of Being A Stateless Citizen

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Today tens of thousands of children, along with their parents are fleeing war zones to secure their life and future. But where do the parents and their children actually belong- Syria. Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, Palestine or anywhere else? According to United Nations, 70,000 stateless children are born annually and there are 3 million stateless children worldwide, excluding Palestinians who have been stateless for generations. Being stateless means, being rightless in the modern age of rights where people even need a right to have rights.
For a person to be a citizen he must provide some kind of proof depending on the state’s rules and regulation. A normal person might be able to complete the procedure for citizenship, but what about undocumented migrants and refugees. These people …show more content…

Children gain citizenship either though parents or the place of birth. Then why are 70,000 stateless children born annually? Internationally, every country has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child to entitle citizenship to all children. Then why are the numbers so high? Is it the citizenship process in these countries or lack of paperwork from fleeing? Middle East countries only allow men to pass their nationality to children; most of the father are dead or missing and mothers can’t pass the nationality?
Civil war in Syria has failed the government completely with no official law and order. The war-like situation is drawing more stateless children resulting from no access to public office to produce birth certificates or citizenship proofs. Registering birth and marriages demanding high fees and bribes has become a challenge today in Syria. There are so many children born in refugee camps, who are also rendered stateless. Being stateless means being rightless; these individuals have no rights to government welfare programs, schools, free immunizations, employment and even filing the refugee

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