A Myanmar Rohingya child looks through holes in fence around a mosque in their slum in Sittwe May 19, 2012. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj By Katie Nguyen LONDON (AlertNet) - Ecuador, Honduras and Portugal are the latest countries to have become parties to one or both of the global treaties on statelessness, a problem affecting up to 12 million people worldwide, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said. Statelessness, which is most widespread in parts of Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, exacerbates poverty, creates social tensions and can divide families.