Central Asian Governments conduct study visit to Georgia on statelessness
Representatives from the Governments of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan are in Georgia this week to learn about the country’s experience and success in reducing statelessness. The visit is organized by...
UNHCR’s Grandi urges action to resolve plight of stateless ‘living in the shadows’
Stronger efforts are needed to resolve the plight of those who lack a nationality, urged UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, today on the 8th anniversary of UNHCR’s global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness. Affecting at least 4.3 million people,...
Japan allocates USD 1 million to support vulnerable people in Batken and Osh following the border clashes
Bishkek – The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the Kyrgyz Republic will receive USD 1 million from the Government of Japan to support thousands affected by the Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes. WFP will receive USD...
Government and UNHCR discuss progress towards resolving statelessness in Kazakhstan
On September 30, the Human Rights Commissioner in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Government of Kazakhstan, and the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, discussed progress towards resolving statelessness in the country. Statelessness, or the situation of not being recognized as a...
Government of Uzbekistan and UNHCR airlift aid for thousands affected by catastrophic floods in Pakistan
The Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have sent their first-ever joint airlift of humanitarian assistance from Termez, destined for Karachi, Pakistan to help thousands affected by the recent catastrophic flooding. With an...
Further humanitarian aid from UNHCR arrives in the south of Kyrgyzstan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, delivered 12 tons of core relief items to the National Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan to help people displaced by recent clashes along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic estimate over...
Possibilities of acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees: NHRC and UNHCR present results of a legal study
On 26 August 2022, the National Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (NHRC), and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, held a workshop in Tashkent to present a legal analysis of the legislation and practice of Uzbekistan in the context of the prospects of...
UNHCR raises concerns over Afghan refugee forced returns from Tajikistan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising grave concerns over the continued detention and deportations of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, warning once again that forcing people fleeing persecution back to their country against their will is illegal and puts lives at...
BCPD grants refugees free access to courses
The Bureau of Continuing Professional Development (BCPD Ltd.) of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), in cooperation with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is granting refugee students from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan free access to its courses on financial...
Nearly 9,000 stateless people have been identified and documented as the result of a nation-wide campaign in Kazakhstan
Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, presented the results of a joint large-scale identification campaign conducted in 2020-2022 in Kazakhstan, which helped to identify 8,822 undocumented stateless...
UNHCR survey finds refugees from Ukraine hope to go home
Refugees will need continued support until they are able to return.
Ministry of Labor and UNHCR conducted training on refugee issues for employees of Migration Committee and City Administrations
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – MLSPP), conducted training on refugee issues for employees of the MLSPP Committee on Migration and local...