UNHCR welcomes data collection on stateless persons in the 2021 population census of Kazakhstan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes conducting the 2021 population census in Kazakhstan with the inclusion of a component on nationality and statelessness. UNHCR is pleased to cooperate with the Bureau of National Statistics of Kazakhstan to improve data collection...
UNHCR opens alternative route of aid to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan
On 15 October, an emergency airlift by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, landed in Termez, Uzbekistan. The flight is part of UNHCR’s aid effort to Afghanistan and a massive operation to provide life-saving aid to the people of Afghanistan. The airlift was donated by a...
UNHCR supports the prevention of statelessness in Kyrgyzstan
On 22 September, the Representative of UNHCR for Central Asia, Hans Friedrich Schodder, met the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic – Minister of Digital Development (MDD) Dastan Dogoev, Director of the Department of Population...
The 1961 Statelessness Convention: 60 years of promoting and protecting the right to a nationality
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, stressed today, as the international community marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the 1961 UN Convention on the...
‘After the airlift’. News Comment attributable to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
The act of fleeing the country of one’s birth brings with it a harrowing sense of loss. The scenes at Kabul airport these past few days have sparked an outpouring of compassion around the world at the fear and desperation of thousands of Afghans. But when these images...
UN and UNHCR support Uzbekistan joining Refugee and Statelessness Conventions
On 14 July the National Human Rights Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan jointly with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Uzbekistan presented first translations of the Refugee and Statelessness Conventions in the Uzbek...
UNHCR warns of vaccine gap risk for world’s stateless
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today that many of the world’s stateless people may miss out on vaccinations as a result of their lack of citizenship or proof of identity. “There are millions known to be stateless around the world, without the nationality of...
On World Refugee Day, UNHCR promotes the inclusion of refugees in health, education and sport in Central Asia
On 20 June World Refugee Day UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, supports further efforts by Central Asian states to include refugees in health systems, education and sport and through this to support their integration into the local communities. As of the end of 2020...
On the eve of World Refugee Day the Kazakhstan National Olympic Committee and UNHCR announced partnership to support inclusion of refugees in sport
On 18 June the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed a memorandum of understanding to implement joint activities aimed at greater inclusion of refugees and strengthening social cohesion between refugees...
UNHCR commends Central Asia for providing asylum seekers, refugees, and stateless persons with access to COVID vaccination
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), commends the governments of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan for having included asylum seekers, refugees, and stateless persons in national COVID-19 vaccination plans on par with citizens. “When I was invited for...
UNHCR Joined EU-UNICEF Discussion On Protection Of Migrant Children
On 21 April, governments officials from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan discussed collaboration on protecting migrant children in Central Asia, exchanged cross-border information and case studies during an online meeting organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund...
Statelessness in Central Asia can be eradicated soon
On 26 March 2021 the National Human Rights Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) co-organized a roundtable to review international standards, and share best practices and achievements in the eradication of...