stateless
adjective
state·less
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Will tensions cool—or will the move simply set up another conflict between the Turkish state and the stateless Kurds? — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, "Today, the Kurds are spread across four nations. Who are they?," 16 Aug. 2019 That created a growing number of stateless infants in Colombia, the biggest receiver of the migrants, since the Venezuelan exodus began. — Megan Janetsky, USA TODAY, "No country to call home? Some babies born in Colombia to Venezuelan parents lack birthright citizenship," 11 Aug. 2019 The Nansen passport wasn’t a blanket protection for stateless people. — Ana Campoy, Quartz, "What we can learn from the revolutionary passport that helped 1920s refugees," 13 July 2019 Three of the players as well as Ekapol were stateless and were granted Thai citizenship last August. — Washington Post, "Thailand’s Wild Boars mark year since going missing in cave," 23 June 2019 The 1951 Refugee Convention, while imperfect, once offered protections to stateless, persecuted people. — Anna Lind-guzik, Vox, "I’m a Jewish historian. Yes, we should call border detention centers “concentration camps.”," 20 June 2019 Things worsened in 1982, when the Citizenship Law denied the Rohingya citizenship, effectively rendering them stateless. — Gaia Vince, Quartz, "How to survive in the world’s largest refugee camp," 8 June 2019 Nearly all have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless. — Julhas Alam, The Seattle Times, "Bangladesh official: Rohingya repatriation ready to begin," 14 Nov. 2018 Nearly all have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless. — Julhas Alam, The Seattle Times, "Bangladesh official: Rohingya repatriation ready to begin," 14 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stateless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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stateless
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of stateless
: not belonging to a nation : not a citizen of any country
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