World: No Papers. No Future? The long wait facing undocumented Millions

Country: World Source: International Rescue Committee Hasina Rahman, Deputy Regional Director, Asia, International Rescue Committee (IRC) 20 June 2026 Across Asia, an estimated 16.9 million people are displaced, stateless, or seeking asylum , 6.4 million refugees and asylum-seekers, 6.9 million people displaced within their own countries, and 2.6 million stateless people, representing 58 percent of the world's entire stateless population. These are the figures I carry with me into every field vi