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Government to issue smartcards for Afghan refugees under verification exercise Format ISLAMABAD, 2 March 2021 – The Government of Pakistan announced the issuance of new smartcards for Afghan refugees who are Proof of Registration (PoR) cardholders. The Chief Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CCAR)/Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) and the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), with the support of UNHCR, will start the exercise, “Document Renewal and Informat...

KABUL – The third meeting of the EU-Afghanistan Special Working Group on Human Rights, Good Governance and Migration was held on 24 February 2021, in a virtual format. It was co-chaired by Ms. Paola Pampaloni, Deputy Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific of the European External Action Service and by HE Mr. Meerwais Nab, Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan. The two sides reaffirmed their commitment undertaken with the signature of their bilateral Cooperation Agreement for Partnership ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Commends Costa Rica for Commitment to Those Forced to Flee Targeted News Service (Press Releases) SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. 13 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees issued the following news release: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi thanked President Carlos Alvarado for Costa Ricas commitment to protect and promote the inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers through an agreement with UNHCR, the " Costa Ricas generosity i...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi greets Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado Quesada.  © UNHCR/Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi thanked President Carlos Alvarado for Costa Rica´s commitment to protect and promote the inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers through an agreement with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to extend health insurance to 10,000 of those who are most vulnerable. “Costa Rica’s generosi...

Costa Rica hosts more than 85,000 Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers who have fled their country since 2018.