COALITION ON EVERY CHILD’S RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY Children most affected by statelessness are generally those belonging to already vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. Discrimination against minorities has frequently led to deprivation of nationality resulting in statelessness. Without safeguards against statelessness at birth in nationality laws, this status can be passed on from one generation to another with tens of thousands of children being denied nationality on the basis of their parents’ minority status. Stateless children are often unable to exercise a broad range of human rights and, if they belong to a minority group, these challenges can be aggravated by racism and hostility from the majority population. Cover Image © UNHCR/Roger Arnold | Image Right © UNHCR/Markel Redondo 2 M I N O R I T Y C H I L D R E N A N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S