Statelessness

According to international law statelessness is the lack of nationality, or the absence of a recognized link between an individual and any state. A stateless person is someone who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law; he or she has no citizenship or nationality. Some stateless persons are also refugees. However, not all refugees are stateless, and many persons who are stateless have never crossed an international border. To help us discuss these disturbing phenomena we are now joined on the line by:Leon Isaacson: Managing Director: Global Migration SA: Reg Immigration Practitioner Wayne Ncube: Attorney Litigation Unit at the South African Lawyers For Human