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Without Face or Future: Stateless Infants, Children, and Youth

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Solutions for some of the world’s most persistent human rights problems are finally in reach. Globalization, along with the development of vast social networks, increasingly visible civil society organizations, and innovative technology, now make it necessary and possible for the world community to advance meaningful change where it was not possible before.

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  1. Maureen Lynch
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  1. American University in Cairo, Egypt

    Marisa O. Ensor

  2. Georgetown University, USA

    Elżbieta M. Goździak

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Lynch, M. (2010). Without Face or Future: Stateless Infants, Children, and Youth. In: Ensor, M.O., Goździak, E.M. (eds) Children and Migration. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297098_7

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