The effects of statelessness are profound. I was recently on the island of Pulargaya off the coast of Saba State, Kotakina Balu and the villagers really had access to very few basic services,. certainly not to sanitation and there was no medical treatment. Just thinking about healthcare alone, the effects run deep. The striking thing is that for a man who for his 40-something years had been undocumented, well the hospital wrote out a death certificate at the end of his life and gave it to his father. That's a grim story, Dom.
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