Who are the Stateless? Director of BU Center on Forced Displacement Explains

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, over 110 million people globally have been forced to flee their homes; less well understood, less seen-some would say invisible-are the four to six million people around the world who have no home country at all. These people are described as “stateless,” meaning they are not formally recognized by any state or government. Amid a refugee crisis, director of BU Center on Forced Displacement, Muhammad Zaman, argues for a new approach to helping people not recognized by any country.
Zaman grew up in Pakistan, where as many as a million ethnic Bengalis are forced to live on the margins, without access to government identification, schools, or hospitals. “They are not part of any census, they’re not part of any counting,” says Zaman. “And because of that, their numbers may be even greater than we estimate.” In our latest video mini explainer, Zaman tells us how so many people fall through the cracks-even here in the US.
Video Chapters:
0:00 UN High Commissioner for refugees statistics on displaced peoples
0:15 Defining who is stateless
0:30 Effects of statelessness
0:45 Pakistan's stateless people
1:10 Stateless communities across the globe
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