SOLUTIONS “we are here, this is our home.” Bachir Ibrahim, 71 Karana community, Mahajanga, Madagascar Ensuring equal access to nationality rights for minority groups is one of the key goals of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024. To achieve this, UNHCR urges all States to take the following steps in line with Actions 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8 of UNHCR’s Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: n n n n 4 • Facilitate the naturalization or confirmation of nationality for stateless minority groups resident on the territory, provided that they were born or have resided there before a particular date, or have parents or grandparents who meet these criteria. th e #i b e lo n g c a m pa i g n d e s i g n d e v e lo pe d i n co o pe r ati o n w ith u n ite d co lo u rs o f b e n et to n n Allow children to gain the nationality of the country in which they were born if they would otherwise be stateless. Eliminate laws and practices that deny or deprive persons of nationality on the basis of discriminatory grounds such as race, ethnicity, religion, or linguistic minority status. Ensure universal birth registration to prevent statelessness. Eliminate procedural and practical obstacles to the issuance of nationality documentation to those entitled to it under law. UNHCR STATELESSNESS REPORT 2017 2017 UNHCR STATELESSNESS REPORT • 5