The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR, says among the over 10 million Stateless people in the world, Côte d’Ivoire harbours 700,000 of them, RFI reported. These are people who do not have identification documents, cannot register in schools, open bank accounts or marry.
The UN High Commission for Refugees has just launched a campaign entitled, « I belong » in order to improve on the situation of Stateless people in the coming 10 years. Mohamed Touré, the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Côte d’Ivoire said the influx of people without identification papers started in the country during the colonial period.
First published: 12 November 2014