全球有11億無身份證的'隱形人' 三分之一爲兒童

More than 1.1 billion people worldwide officially don't exist - going about their daily lives without proof of identity.

目前全球共有超過11億官方上並不存在的人，他們在沒有身份證明的情況下過着日常生活。

The issue leaves a significant fraction of the global population deprived of health and education services.

該問題使全球很大一部分人口被剝奪了健康和教育服務。

Among these "invisible people" - many of whom live primarily in Africa and Asia - more than one third are children susceptible to violence whose births have not been registered, the World Bank's "Identification for Development" (ID4D) program warned.

世界銀行的“驗明身份發展(ID4D)”計劃警告稱，這些“隱形人”中有許多人主要生活在非洲和亞洲，超過1/3的“隱形人”是易受暴力影響的兒童，他們未進行出生登記。

The problem is particularly acute in geographical areas where residents face poverty, discrimination, epidemics or armed conflicts.

在居民面臨貧困、歧視、流行病或武裝衝突的地理區域，該問題尤爲嚴重。

Desai, who manages the ID4D program, said the issue arises from a number of factors, but cited the distance between areas people live in and government services in developing areas as major.

ID4D計劃負責人德賽表示，導致該問題的原因有很多，但發展中地區的政府服務與人民居住地區間的距離是主因。

Many families also are not informed about the importance of birth registration - and the consequences of non-registration, which can include the denial of basic rights and benefits, or an increased likelihood of marrying or entering into the labor force underage.

很多家庭也未被告知出生登記的重要性以及不登記的後果。其後果可能包括無法享受基本權益、增加未到法定年齡就結婚或進入勞動力市場的可能性。

As a result, millions of children in Africa and Asia first encounter the administration only once they reach school age.

因此，非洲和亞洲有數百萬兒童只有到了入學年齡纔會首次與行政部門有所接觸。