© UNHCR/Lucas Iturriza “I never had an ID card” says Nazario, who was born in Costa Rica. “Now that I have one, things are different. We feel we belong to this country, we are part of it – with equal rights.” Nazario recently had his Costa Rican nationality confirmed through a cross-border partnership that led to the confirmation of nationality for persons from the indigenous Ngöbe Bugle communities, traditionally residing in both Costa Rica and Panama. Many children were not registered at birth, leaving their right to either Panamanian or Costa Rican nationality uncertain. Through a mapping exercise of more than 2,000 remote coffee farm communities in the border areas, many indigenous children like Nazario are now able to access the rights that Costa Rican nationality brings, including schooling and health care. U N H C R > H I G H - L E V E L S E G M E N T O N S T A T E L E S S N E S S : R E S U LT S A N D H I G H L I G H T S 29