By Sheridan Ward*
What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them? Statelessness usually follows conflict, or the dissolution or unification of a country, such as occurred with the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, South Sudan, and East Germany. But what happens if a country sinks? The international community hasn’t had to face this issue – until now. (From The Interpreter. The Lowy Institute.)
