Revolutionizing refugee registration: The Digital Gateway in Egypt
By Simon Pierre Diouf and Raad Shaqman A Sudanese asylum-seeker is being assisted by a UNHCR staff member to use the new registration tool. ©UNHCR/Pedro Costa Gomes In August 2024, UNHCR Egypt launched the Digital Gateway to address the growing demand for registration...
UNHCR and OECD Datathon: Harnessing Data for Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Children
By Tarek Abou Chabake and Jean-Christophe Dumont Hands of children at Tierra Bomba School, an ethno-educational institution with 1,188 students. ©UNHCR/Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo Data plays a crucial role in humanitarian efforts, providing timely and accurate insights...
Ensuring everyone counts: working together to include stateless and displaced persons in civil registration systems
In today’s interconnected world, the ability to prove one’s identity isn’t just a legal formality—it’s a fundamental human right that unlocks access to a wide range of services and opportunities. For many, having a birth certificate or an ID card is something easily taken for granted. But for migrants, refugees, and stateless people, legal recognition is crucial for securing rights and accessing essential services. This is where Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems play a pivotal role, ensuring that every person is recognized under the law, regardless of their circumstances.
When data informs decisions for improving the lives of refugees and host communities
World refugee day celebrations 2022 in Kakuma Camp. © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo By Tarek Abou Chabake, Aina Helen Saetre and Grace Sanico Steffan Refugees and host communities in Kakuma, Kalobeyei and urban areas of Kenya live in better conditions with the help of...
From Kenya to Kyrgyzstan: how data can help eliminate statelessness
At the heart of the JDC’s efforts, we are supporting policy change informed by research using high-quality data gathered according to recognized standards and definitions.
Improving Internal Displacement Statistics in Central America
Inclusion of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in regularly collected national statistics provides the foundation for inclusion in services, policies, and development planning and help ensure that no one is left behind.
New evidence about the socioeconomic impacts of statelessness emerges from a study of the Shona community in Kenya
Results from a UNHCR-World Bank survey provide one of the first data-backed assessments of welfare and poverty associated with the lack of nationality.
Better statistics to help end statelessness
Better data on stateless populations is essential if UNHCR is to achieve the goal set to end statelessness by 2024. The newly established ‘Expert Group on Statistics on Statelessness’ is currently working on a set of recommendations to help improve the official statistics.