Malaysia defends eviction of sea nomads, citing security concerns
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Reuters Malaysian authorities defended their decision to evict hundreds of sea nomads from their homes off the coast of Sabah state this week, saying it was aimed at boosting security and combating cross-border crime. More than 500 people from the Bajau Laut, a mostly stateless sea-faring community who live on rickety houseboats […]
Australia passes new detention laws for stateless convicts
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia has passed new laws allowing former immigration detainees to be locked up again if they pose any risk of committing serious offences after they were released in a landmark ruling by the country’s top court. Under the new laws passed by the Parliament late on Wednesday, a court can order the […]
Fighting to remain: After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation
ILAN BEN ZION, of Associated Press, reports on challenges facing a group living in Israel who, while they do not consider themselves Jewish, claim an ancestral connection to Israel…
Stateless people: Nepal citizenship law lifeline to “hundreds of thousands” in limbo
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how long awaited reform will give stateless people access to jobs, education and healthcare…
Kuwait’s stateless bedoun in limbo as hundreds lose bank accounts
Kuwait Reuters Frontline worker Ahmad al-Enezi, a member of Kuwait’s stateless community, has spent the last 14 months lost in a bureaucratic maze after his bank account was suspended, freezing access to his salary and savings in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Enezi’s predicament has its origins in a push by the Gulf country […]
“Please show mercy”: Evicted by Cambodia, ethnic Vietnamese stuck at watery border
MATT BLOMBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of displaced stateless people living on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap River…
Lifestory: From Syria to COVID-19 frontline, stateless scientist sets sights on vaccine
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, speaks with scientist Nowras Rahhal about how being stateless has affected his life – and his involvement in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine…
Uzbekistan ends plight of thousands of stateless people with landmark law
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Uzbekistan is to allow tens of thousands of stateless people to become citizens under a new law hailed by the United Nations, which urged other countries to follow suit in ending the plight of some of the world’s most invisible people. “This is a huge development and we hope it will […]
Millions of “invisible” stateless could be denied help if they get coronavirus
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Millions of people worldwide will be unable to get healthcare if they fall ill with coronavirus because they have no nationality, potentially exacerbating the spread of the disease, human rights campaigners said on Tuesday. They urged every country to ensure all stateless people on their territory can receive free medical […]
Home sweet home? Not for 200,000 plus stateless in US
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation More than 200,000 people in the United States may be stateless, isolated and unable to travel, bank, see a doctor or get a job, according to groundbreaking research released on Thursday. There are an estimated 10 to 15 million people globally who are not recognised as citizens of any […]