Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Documenting Slovenia's Invisible People - Riley Arthur

Following Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, the nation made it very easy for ethnic Slovenians to gain citizenship to the new country, while it was more difficult for non-Slovenians who lived within the country's borders. National Geographic grantee Riley Arthur explains that those who didn't gain Slovenian citizenship were essentially erased from the country's books, creating an "invisible" population, preventing them from working, visiting doctors, and other essentials of life. Arthur visited Slovenia to document the life of the invisible Slovenians, following a court ruling that required the country to repay its invisible people.

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