According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are more than 12 million stateless people in the world today. There are numerous causes of statelessness, many of them entrenched in legalities. They make these people some of the most excluded people in the world. In November 2014, the UNHCR launched a global action plan to end statelessness by 2024. (Source: UNHCR)