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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 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 internationa...

UNHCR's 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 globally remains unknown. UNHCR reports on some 4.2 million stateless people in 79 countries in the wor...

‘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; as if this country did not accept me,” he says. “I’m Uzbek. I grew up in Uzbekistan, I studied ...

'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 fight has always been Mukhamadjon Turgunov’s biggest dream. But the former kickboxing champion never...

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 negatively affects millions of people worldwide. The problem has not gotten the attention it deserv...