Cate Blanchett urges world to tackle statelessness

Goodwill Ambassador to the UN refugee agency and Hollywood star Cate Blanchett pleaded Monday for an end to the devastating limbo suffered by millions of stateless people worldwide, saying they are left to wallow in “total invisibility”. In 2014, UNHCR estimated there were around 10 million stateless people worldwide, but High Commissioner Filippo Grandi told journalists last week that the true numbers were unclear since many such people “are quite invisible”. Grandi stressed that solutions were urgently needed for millions without citizenship or at risk of becoming stateless, including Myanmar’s Rohingya and in India’s Assam.