Roisah’s fairy-tale ending, thus far, is sadly an exception, not the norm, for the stateless children in the country. The exact number of stateless persons in the country cannot be determined due to patchy records. In a written reply to Parliament in October 2016, Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there were 290,437 stateless children below the age of 18 in the country. The number of stateless persons in Sabah and Sarawak is unknown. But if I’m stateless, what will happen if I have children?

Source: The Star April 01, 2018 00:33 UTC