South Africa archbishop says being stateless means living without rights

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading South African archbishop has lined up a broad range of disadvantages that stateless people face.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), stateless people are people not recognized as citizens by any country under the operations of its laws. Across the globe, they are estimated at 4.4 million stateless people, although actual numbers can be much higher.

Speaking during a June 13 conference on statelessness in Johannesburg...