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UNHCR applauds Togo’s accession to two UN Conventions on Statelessness Togo has now become the latest country to join the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, helping to advance the global fight to end statelessness. UNHCR | Updated: 23-07-2021 11:06 IST | Created: 23-07-2021 11:06 IST Representative image Image Credit: ANI SHARE UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds Togos accession to the two UN Conventions on Statele...

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships The Durable Solutions Officer is a focal point for solutions related issues in a country, and normally reports to the Senior Durable Solutions Officer, Senior Protection Officer or, where appropriate, to the Assistant or Deputy Representative. The incumbent may have supervisory responsibility for durable solutions staff, who may include staff within the functional groups of durable solutions, reintegration, repatriation, and resettlement. S/he works...

Good Practices Brochure: Stateless Women and Girls Format Introduction Millions of people are believed to be stateless – they are not considered as nationals of any county. The exact number of stateless people is unknown; however, according to statistics reported at the end of 2019, there are 4.1 million stateless people worldwide – over 50 per cent of them in Asia and the Pacific. People become stateless for a variety of reasons; gaps or conflicting provisions in nationality law, discrimin...

UNHCR welcomes further efforts to strengthen healthcare for stateless students Format In a development welcomed by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, thousands more previously undocumented stateless students across Thailand will have the opportunity to access health services through the country’s national healthcare system, including disease prevention, medical treatment and rehabilitation. These students have also received documentation and benefited from an improvement in their legal status, and...

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A whole new world has opened in front of me by UNHCR | UNHCR Tuesday, 2 February 2021 08:29 GMT About our Humanitarian Crises coverage From major disaster, conflicts and under-reported stories, we shine a light on the world’s hotspots Share: * Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Hearing Uzbekistans national anthem after a victorious fight has always been Mukhamadjon Turgunovs biggest dream. ...

UNHCRs IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness   © UNHCR UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Iceland’s accession to the United Nations Statelessness Conventions, key international treaties to counter statelessness. “We welcome Iceland’s accession, which brings the world one step closer towards ending statelessness,” said Pascale Moreau, UNHCR Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe. Europe is home to more than 500,000 stateless people.  The total number of stateless people glob...

‘A whole new world has opened in front of me’ Format By Agnieszka Pikulicka in Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 20 January 2021 Hearing Uzbekistan’s national anthem after a victorious fight has always been Mukhamadjon Turgunov’s biggest dream. But the former kickboxing champion never had the chance to represent his country in international tournaments. For stateless people like him, travelling abroad was largely off limits. “It felt as if I was part of a family, but nevertheless an orphan; a...

A whole new world has opened in front of me For 50,000 formerly stateless people in Uzbekistan, citizenship will unlock the door to foreign travel, the right to vote and allow them a new-found dignity. Mukhamadjon Turgunov became an Uzbek citizen this year after being stateless for 28 of his 29 years. © UNHCR/Elyor Nematov By Agnieszka Pikulicka in Tashkent, Uzbekistan  |  20 January 2021   |  Español   |  Français Hearing Uzbekistan’s national anthem after a victorious figh...

unhcr.org Select Page New evidence about the socioeconomic impacts of statelessness emerges from a study of the Shona community in Kenya Jan 8, 2021 Co-authors: Melanie Khanna (UNHCR Chief of the Statelessness Section), Betsy Lippman (UNHCR Senior Advisor for Innovations and Partnerships), Florence Nimoh (UNHCR Associate Economist), and Sebastian Steinmueller (UNHCR Statistics and Data Analysis Officer). Statelessness, the condition of people who have no citizenship, is a global phenomenon that...