A “Stateless person” means a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law.
Brief Background on Indian Communities whose births have not been Registered, as at March 2005 there are 20,000 Indian women without IC nor marriage certificates.
What are the Political & Economic Implication? These are wasted human capitals and wasted state and federal resources. There is a raise in antisocial activities and crimes. While all of them could be potential voters.
There is a need to eliminating the Causes of Statelessness.
Despite the Technical Causes, there is a need to Reduce Red-tape / Administrative practices for the NRD to take more proactive measures. Above all there is a need for Political Will to eliminate statelessness, especially to Education & bring out the Awareness on the problem.
There is a cry for Political Parties to help to advocate for a review on nationality procedures by making sure that it conforms to international standards. The government and politicians need to establishment of a dedicated team to focus on this issues. There is an appeal to network & support NGO’s working on this issue and further more raise awareness in their constituents.
It is an urgent call to advocate for speedy resolution of individual cases from the constituents of the people’s representatives.
