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Carol Batchelor

@carolbatchelo12

Special Advisor on Statelessness at UNHCR @Refugees. Everyone should be able to say #IBelong. Tweets are my own.

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By ensuring both women and men can pass on their nationality, millions of children are protected from statelessness. Every child should be able to say #IBelong. #EndStatelessness by 2024

By ensuring both women and men can pass on their nationality, millions of children are protected from statelessness. Every child should be able to say #IBelong.  #EndStatelessness by 2024
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Today Francoise has become an Ivorian citizen and is one step closer to her dreams, thanks to landmark decisions granting nationality to stateless foundlings in Cote d’Ivoire. Let’s #EndStatelessness now so that everyone can say #IBelong. Watch: bit.ly/2UxxivI

Today Francoise has become an Ivorian citizen and is one step closer to her dreams, thanks to landmark decisions granting nationality to stateless foundlings in Cote d’Ivoire. Let’s #EndStatelessness now so that everyone can say #IBelong.   Watch: bit.ly/2UxxivI
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“Education is part of my soul. If I lose it, I lose my identity completely. With education, I know I will represent my #Shona community in #Kenya + encourage more people to go to school.” 3 generations later, 19 yr old Nosizi Dube remains #Stateless 🔗bit.ly/2vm6Iqo

“Education is part of my soul. If I lose it, I lose my identity completely.  With education, I know I will represent my #Shona community in #Kenya + encourage more people to go to school.”

3 generations later, 19 yr old Nosizi Dube remains #Stateless  🔗bit.ly/2vm6Iqo
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Cost, distance to administrative centres, a long, slow process to request citizenship: these are some of the hurdles to overcome, for stateless people like Aminata and her family. Let’s remove barriers like these so that everyone can say #IBelong See: bit.ly/306MMWs