statelessness
noun
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And in some cases, people can also end up being stateless.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
This is why Japanese citizens were designated enemy aliens after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor but why members of Al Qaeda, a stateless terror group, weren’t after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
In Libya, Muammar al-Qaddafi ruled through a bizarre personalized dictatorship that left his country almost entirely stateless after his ouster, paving the way for the struggle of the new government in Tripoli to establish order throughout its domain.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2012
Amer, who stars in and executive-produces Mo, returns as his on-screen character Mo Najjar, a stateless Palestinian refugee on the journey to becoming a legal citizen.
—Gabriela Silva, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
This is why Japanese citizens were designated enemy aliens after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor but why members of Al Qaeda, a stateless terror group, weren’t after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
In Libya, Muammar al-Qaddafi ruled through a bizarre personalized dictatorship that left his country almost entirely stateless after his ouster, paving the way for the struggle of the new government in Tripoli to establish order throughout its domain.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2012
Amer, who stars in and executive-produces Mo, returns as his on-screen character Mo Najjar, a stateless Palestinian refugee on the journey to becoming a legal citizen.
—Gabriela Silva, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Stateless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stateless. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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