https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQo18ToksPE Who Are Stateless People? According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a stateless person is “a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law”. Stateless people are those who lack nationality to any country. Today, millions of people around the world are stateless, some are born stateless, and others become stateless. Statelessness has a grave and protracted impact on those affecte