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Guterres wraps up fruitful first visit to Central Asia
16 Nov 2007 High Commissioner Guterres agrees to boost refugee assistance in the Kyrgyz Republic and urges Kazakhstan to help address the migration-asylum nexus. -
After generations away, Kazakhs come home to an independent country
9 Aug 2007 Some 600,000 ethnic Kazakhs have returned to Kazakhstan since independence, many after generations of life in other countries -
Helping Chechens back on their feet in Kazakhstan
16 Aug 2006 In Kazakhstan, people who fled conflict in the Russian republic of Chechnya are not admitted to the asylum system. The UN refugee agency is helping some 5,000 of them by providing grants and legal aid to improve their lives in exile. -
UNHCR welcomes Kazakhstan's release of Uzbek activist
12 Jul 2005 The Kazakh authorities today released Lutfullo Shamsuddinov, a prominent Uzbek human rights activist, to UNHCR protection. Uzbekistan was calling for the extradition of the recognised refugee, who is now on his way to resettlement in a third country. -
UNHCR opens office in Kazakh capital
31 Mar 2004 The new office in Astana will help the UN refugee agency build more partnerships with governmental and non-governmental organisations to care for some 16,000 refugees and asylum seekers in the Central Asian country.