New Global Alliance launched for joint action to end statelessness
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi joined by statelessness advocates to launch new global initiative building on a decade of progress By UNHCR staff A new Global Alliance to End Statelessness was launched in Geneva on Monday with UN High Commissioner for...
UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed
GENEVA – More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a new report on statelessness...
Young refugee athlete defies odds to compete in Paris Olympics
Perina is one of the youngest athletes and the only athlete based in Africa on the 37-strong IOC Refugee Olympic Team competing in Paris Laughter and giggles reverberated through the chilly air at Eldoret Sports Club in Kenya’s Rift Valley region as Perina Nakang and...