One billion ‘invisible people’ miss out on basics
Posted: Mon 23 Oct 2017, 16:34:36
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 24, 2016 shows children from the Suri tribe posing in Ethiopia's southern Omo Valley region near Kibbish. More than 1.1 billion people worldwide officially don't exist -- going about their daily lives without proof of identity. The issue leaves a significant fraction of the global population deprived of health and education services, international organizations lament. Among these "invisible people" -- many of whom live primarily in Africa and Asia -- more than one-third are children susceptible to violence whose births have not been registered, the World Bank's "Identification for Development" (ID4D) program recently warned. / AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA More than 1.1 billion people worldwide officially do not exist - going about their daily lives without proof of identity. The issue leaves a significant fraction of the global population deprived of health and
One billion invisible people..