By Apiradee Chappanapong, Plan |
<p>Until he received his Thai citizenship and identification card this month, life was very difficult for 17-year-old Joe as a stateless person.</p>
<p>“I couldn’t go to places I wanted to go, though the rest of my family could. Police always stopped me from leaving my village since I didn’t have anything to prove I was Thai,” he says. </p>
By Plan |
<p>Governments across Asia must register all children at birth to effectively address the issue of stateless people, says global child rights organisation Plan International. </p>
By PLAN |
<p>INDIA must urgently tackle its ‘vanishing’ girl population as the nation awaits the birth of the world’s 7 billionth baby, says child rights organisation Plan International.</p>