Trapped by civil status, the ordeal of Senegalese who became 'stateless' in their own country

Thousands of Senegalese find themselves deprived of their administrative existence due to failures in civil status, rendering them unable to obtain identification documents. The Collective of Victims of Identity Replacement denounced this situation during a protest in Dakar. Mouhamadou Lamine Sy, 31, experienced this nightmare while trying to renew his passport at the Senegalese consulate in Madrid, where he was informed that another person was using his administrative profile.