Example Sentences

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Statelessness is caused by many factors, including administrative barriers and poor record-keeping.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

But none has ever done so, said Michelle Foster, a professor at Melbourne Law School and the director of the Peter McMullin Center on Statelessness.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Statelessness and slavery and fascism may be complex, but, if we fail to fully see them, this is at least partly because we have chosen to look away.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2019

If Fiji did not accept Prakash as its citizen, Rothwell said Australia would breach its obligations under the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness if it made him stateless.

From Fox News • Jan. 2, 2019

"It's an issue whose time has come," said Maureen Lynch, a consultant to the International Observatory on Statelessness.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2011