Minorities in situations of humanitarian crises 2016, para. 72
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Minorities are often disproportionately affected by statelessness (see A/HRC/7/23, para. 20), as a result of discriminatory nationality and citizenship legislation which may deny or deprive the citizenship for some ethnic, linguistic, racial or religious groups, or because of discriminatory implementation of nationality laws on similar grounds. Minorities can also be at higher risk of statelessness as a result of lack of access to personal documentation.