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West Africa's invisible stateless people

Monday, July 14, 2014

According to the UNHCR, at least 750'000 people are stateless in West Africa. Being stateless can block access to healthcare, education or social security. IRIN looks at the case of a Mauritanian who was "de-nationalised" and forced to live in Senegal in the two decades since.

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