Emerging from the shadows: ending statelessness in Central Asia
After living on the margins of society for most of their lives, nearly 220,000 people have been granted nationality by Central Asian states over the past decade. By Radhika Bhatnagar in Kulob, Tajikistan For the first 34 years of her life, Adolat Shabozova cannot...
Indigenous Venezuelan teacher encourages school enrolment of Warao children in Brazil
The community leader Daisy Perez works to ensure education for Indigenous refugee and migrant children in Manaus By Felipe Irnaldo Manaus, Brazil, 27 June 2023 – Mother of four children, the Venezuelan Indigenous educator Daisy Pérez is the embodiment of the...
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...