Hindus urge Europe to end “statelessness”
Hindus stress that Europe should work aggressively to end statelessness, thus improving the plight of stateless who suffer rejection day after day. According to reports, hundreds of thousands of Europeans, including many children, do not have citizenship of any of its countries. Statelessness is more prevalent amongst most excluded and poorest. Many European Roma (Gypsies) are victims of statelessness for no fault of theirs. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that the issue of statelessness in Europe should be urgently addressed and stateless in Europe needed to be protected from severe and continuous violation of their human rights. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out that access of stateless to health services, employment, education, property ownership and travel was severely restricted and they faced detention and inability to obtain identity papers. They were denied the most basic of rights and