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  • 6/14/2025
State of Statelessness | Newsmakers with Ben Kritz

Watch lawyer Iya Gallardo, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), talk to Manila Times Columnist Ben Kritz about reinforcing UNHCR's presence in the Philippines to support displaced and stateless populations ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, 2025 in this episode of Newsmakers on June 16, 7 a.m., on The Manila Times Streaming Channel.

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Transcript
00:00The issue, Ben, of statelessness is very serious.
00:04If you're unable to establish that you have a link to a particular state,
00:10like the Philippines, for example, and you don't have any proof
00:13to establish that you are a national, accessing basic services becomes quite difficult.
00:19Right. How do you send your kids to school?
00:22How do you get medical care?
00:25How do you get married?
00:26Yes, exactly.
00:30How do you get married?
00:37I don't know.
00:41How do you get married?
00:46How do you get married?
00:52I don't know.

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