This article from Reuters discusses the complicated issue of birth registration for Syrian refugee children and shines light on the growing number of “stateless” children as the Syrian refugee crisis escalates. "If you look at the number of births that have happened ... I think we can be talking about hundreds of thousands who are potentially not registered in the region as a whole," according to Daryl Grisgraber, senior advocate for the Middle East at Refugees International. Children who are stateless or unregistered are at risk of being denied basic human rights such as education and health care and are vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking. The article follows the story of Nour, a seven-month old infant born to Syrian parents in a refugee camp in Lebanon, and the struggles her family has faced in securing birth registration and citizenship for her.
