Statelessness affects Walid and his children’s lives and deprives them of their rights

Walid Sheikhi, a resident of Sîmetkê Ezo village in Syria’s Hasakah Governorate. He was rendered unregistered (maktoum/maktoum al-qayd) as a result of the exceptional 1962 census.
The interview was conducted on 25 September 2026.