What are the consequences of statelessness? Lack of socioeconomic rights: Poten�al exclusion from educa�on, legal employment, public healthcare (including access to COVID-19 vaccines), and other cri�cal services. Lack of civil and poli�cal rights: Exclusion from vo�ng and poli�cal par�cipa�on, lack of freedom of movement, lack of legal recourse, and risk of deten�on. Increased vulnerability, especially for women and children, to sexual and other forms of exploita�on and abuse, physical and psychological hardship, and poverty. Alienated and marginalized communi�es when groups of people are stateless for extended periods. Under such circumstances, statelessness can be a cause of instability, conflict and displacement. Ending statelessness by 2024 The Global Ac�on Plan to End Statelessness: 2014–2024, developed in consulta�on with States, civil society and interna�onal organisa�ons, sets out a guiding framework made up of 10 Ac�ons that need to be taken to end statelessness within 10 years. The Global Ac�on Plan sets the following overarching objec�ves: • Resolve exis�ng major situa�ons of statelessness; • Prevent new cases of statelessness from emerging; and • Be�er iden�fy and protect stateless popula�ons. Socioeconomic impacts of statelessness - Kenya A 2019 joint UNHCR-World Bank study compared the socioeconomic condi�ons of the stateless minority Shona community with those of Kenyan ci�zens. The study found that members of the stateless Shona are more likely to be poor and have limited access to educa�on and employment opportuni�es. It also showed that the lack of proof of ci�zenship and other documents hinder members of the Shona community from securing formal employment and leaves them with few op�ons other than engagement in the informal sector. At the end of 2020, the Government of Kenya granted ci�zenship to all eligible members of the Shona community.4 4