Stateless people are hidden. During the 2011 refugee crises, it was obvious that people were fleeing Somalia and Libya - there was a lot of international attention. Statelessness goes undetected because stateless people are in legal limbo and are afraid to show up.

The governments of south Sudan must make sure that everybody will get a nationality - that nobody will become stateless because of this separation.

Many countries do not allow women to convey their nationality to their children - if they are single mothers, the children become stateless.

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