1.0Humanity Househttps://humanityhouse.orgadminhttps://humanityhouse.org/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://humanityhouse.org/blog-staatloosheid-voor-2024-de-wereld-uit/staatloosheid-voor-2024-de-wereld-uit/">I Belong campagne UNHCR</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,i,a,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(a=parseInt(t.value,10)))a=1e3;else if(~~a<200)a=200;r.height=a}if("link"===t.message)if(i=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),i.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,o.test(a.protocol))if(a.host===i.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),a=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<a.length;s++){if(!(e=a[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||i)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://humanityhouse.org/blog-staatloosheid-voor-2024-de-wereld-uit/staatloosheid-voor-2024-de-wereld-uit/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“I Belong campagne UNHCR” — Humanity House" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://humanityhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/staatloosheid-voor-2024-de-wereld-uit.jpg945630Lirije Rustemov poses for a portrait while attending a UNHCR stateless workshop in Skopje, Macedonia. Most stateless persons in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia originate from other former Yugoslav republics. The community includes ethnic minorities, mostly Roma but also Ashkali, Egyptians and Albanians, who were habitual residents in the country prior to or at the time of the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, but who did not manage to register in time in order to regulate their citizenship. Her father Mivtar Rustemov said, ‘I’d like my children to have [citizenship] papers, like others have. They shouldn’t end up like me, working in the streets. I want all of them to have the same conditions as other people’s children. Without papers, they can’t even give them shoes at school, no way, they ask for a birth certificate to justify to the principle what they have given them, like they give clothes and everything to other children. He said if they receive citizenship, It will be different. They will have a better life. They will go to school and learn skills that will help them work. They will not be illiterate as I am. I am also ashamed when my friends or neighbors tell me that I have my kids on my conscience, for not providing education for them. I feel bad, like something is eating me inside. Why leave them uneducated, it’s a shame. I did as much as I could and I will continue. If I get these papers I will be so happy that I will not sleep day and night. If I used all my strength working today, I would make additional efforts, as long as I know that my kids have papers, that there are no more problems. I would have no headaches. However, I did the best I could. I went with witnesses to register my children in the Office for Management of Register of Births. I was there couple of times, and they would always tell me to wait. You are like a dead person without documents.’ ; Most stateless persons in the former Yugoslav Republic of Maced