Migration Service Committee and UNHCR discuss ways to improve statelessness determination in Kazakhstan
Қазақ | Русский On 13 December 2023, UNHCR, together with the Migration Service Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, conducted a joint workshop in Astana to enhance procedures for identifying and documenting stateless persons in...
UNHCR is gravely concerned about the disappearance of an asylum-seeker from the Kyrgyz Republic
Кыргызча | Русский BANGKOK – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed over the disappearance of an asylum-seeker in the Kyrgyz Republic and his subsequent refoulement and expresses concerns regarding the shrinking asylum space for those in need of international...
UNHCR Reports Progress on Tackling Statelessness
Русский | Кыргызча Important results have been achieved worldwide this year to help resolve the devastating impact of statelessness, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reports today as it marks the 9th anniversary of its decade-long #IBelong campaign. In 2023, the Kyrgyz...
Uzbekistan advances efforts to reduce and end statelessness
O’zbekcha | Русский TASHKENT – On 19 September, the National Human Rights Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NHRC), jointly with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, presented a Comparative Legal Analytical Study on Statelessness in Uzbekistan, and Uzbek translation...
Kazakhstan Ministry of Labor and UNHCR strengthen capacity to protect refugees
қазақ | Русский Almaty, Kazakhstan – The Migration Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, started a two-day training course in Almaty today, for 19 employees of 19...
UNHCR Presents Art Exhibition in Bishkek for World Refugee Day
22 June, Bishkek – Today – on the occasion of World Refugee Day – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, opened an art exhibition “Hope away from home”. Organized in partnership with the Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts to promote the inclusion and integration...
“Shugylaly Ertegiler”: A Book of Kazakh Fairy Tales from Contemporary Authors Presented in Astana
ASTANA, June 6, 2023 – Brave girls, hospitable Kazakhstanis, caring dads, and children who are not indifferent to the environment—these are just a few of the topics covered in the collection of fairy tales titled “Shugylaly Ertegiler.” The book was...
Official opening ceremony of the sewing workshop in Vahdat, established in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry, UNIDO, UNHCR and private sector company “Nohid”
TAJIKISTAN Today, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) celebrated a unique collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), local...
UNHCR and government representatives meeting enhances efforts to end statelessness in Central Asia
Almaty, 30 May 2023 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today brought together representatives of Central Asian governments, civil society and other UN agencies at a “Senior Officials’ Roundtable on Ending Statelessness” to further accelerate progress towards everyone’s...
Ground-breaking law means every child in Kyrgyzstan will have right to a birth certificate
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today welcomes a new law in Kyrgyzstan, coming into effect on 24 June, to ensure that all children born in the country will be registered at birth, regardless of whether their parents are undocumented or stateless. The move is...
Preparedness Simulation Exercise for a Mixed Refugee and Natural Disaster-displaced Scenarios
TAJIKISTAN Committee of Emergency situations and Civil Defence under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CoESCD) in cooperation with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other partners conducted a three-day Simulation Exercise (SIMEX) in...
UN Plaza in Almaty hosts sub-regional preparation for the Global Refugee Forum 2023
On 13 April at the UN Plaza in Almaty, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomed high-level delegations from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to compare notes in preparation for the next Global Refugee Forum (GRF) that will gather in Geneva...