Impact of the criminalization of migration on the protection and enjoyment of human rights 2010, para. 104
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States should uphold the principle of avoiding statelessness and enforce legal norms at the national and international levels to reduce statelessness resulting from the failure to register the birth of a child, including because of the fears associated with the criminalization of irregular migration. States should take effective measures to guarantee the birth registration of children born outside their parents' country of origin, regardless of the parents' immigration status.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants