Region works to resolve issue of legally invisible persons

A homeless man sits on pieces of cardboard in the Belgrade-Glavna railway station. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, about 10 million people worldwide are "legally invisible," including many Roma citizens and those displaced by the 1990s wars in the Balkans. [Nada Bozic/SETimes]

Region works to resolve issue of legally invisible persons

Providing citizens with identification documentation means providing all citizens with the same rights and chances, officials and experts agreed.

With the support of the EU, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), countries in the region are identifying and registering "legally invisible persons" and providing them with identification documents.

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