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UNHCR and Sheraton Hotel in Tajikistan offer Afghan refugees chance to shine
25 Oct 2017 A pioneering partnership between UNHCR and the Sheraton Hotel is helping refugees to learn job skills. -
Ancient principles inform current laws, UNHCR chief tells gathering on Muslim refugees
11 May 2012 UNHCR urges member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take long-standing principles of providing asylum and enshrine them in legislation. -
Statelessness: More than 3,000 stateless people given Turkmen nationality
7 Dec 2011 Some 20,000 people have been registered as stateless in Turkmenistan since 2007. More than 3,000 of them were granted citizenship earlier this year. -
UNHCR and Tajikistan agree on integration of refugees
2 Apr 2008 UNHCR and Tajikistan agreed to strengthen cooperation and open the door for the integration of some 1,000 Afghan refugees. -
Investing in local integration in Turkmenistan
18 Oct 2007 The UN Trust Fund for Human Security is supporting a US$1.2 million project to improve living conditions in Turkmenistan's refugee-hosting areas. -
Refugees craft future in Central Asia
17 Aug 2006 Skills training is just one of many services offered to refugees and asylum seekers at two centres in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Other facilities include legal aid, talks on family planning and supplementary education - activities that have fostered an exchange between refugees and their hosts. -
UNHCR deplores forced return of Afghan refugee family from Tajikistan
16 Sep 2005 The UN refugee agency on Friday criticized the government of Tajikistan's deportation of an Afghan refugee family earlier this week, saying it was a clear violation of two international legal conventions, as well as Tajikistan's own national laws. -
Over 10,000 Tajik refugees to become citizens in Turkmenistan
10 Aug 2005 After up to 13 years as refugees on Turkmen soil, more than 10,000 ethnic-Turkmen refugees from Tajikistan will finally be able to call Turkmenistan home after last week's presidential decree to grant them citizenship. -
Feature: UNHCR helps women to heal the wounds of war in Tajikistan
16 Jun 2004 Returning after years in exile, the women are learning to provide for themselves and their children, thanks to reintegration assistance in the form of skills training and micro-credit schemes that help them to bake, tailor and grow vegetables to sell in the local market.