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Born a non-citizen



















                                           More than 25 years
                                           since independence,
                                           Estonia is still home
                                           to thousands of
                                           stateless people.
                                           Approximately the
                                           number is between
                                           80,000 to 90,000.
                                           A visible minority
                                           in a country of only
                                           1.3 million and the
                                           world’s 10th largest
                                           stateless population.
                                                                                                      Only since 2016 children
                                                                                                      of non-citizens born in
                                                                                                      Estonia automatically
                                                                                                      received the citizenship.
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