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Regional Statelessness Event
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UNHCR Mozambique on Facebook
UNHCR concerned by conflict’s toll on hundreds of thousands displaced in eastern DR Congo – 10 March 2023
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is greatly alarmed as violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces drive hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In February alone, nearly 300,000 people fled across Rutshuru and Masisi territories in North Kivu Province.
UNHCR Mozambique Twitter
QUICK GUIDES; RESEARCHING STATELESSNESS
Series of six quick guides on researching on statelessness
Pemba community cries for recognition
The happiness of life is being able to be recognized as a citizen of a country. But for hundreds of members of the Pemba community that has been a nightmare, at least in Kenya. For many years, members of the community whose population is estimated at more than 8,000 and are scattered across Lamu, Kilifi, Mombasa, and Kwale counties, life has been miserable. Their main economic activity is deep-sea fishing and they contribute immensely to the country’s income from the sea.
The ICGLR with support from UNHCR takes a meaningful step toward eradicating statelessness in the Great Lakes Region
The ICGLR with support from UNHCR takes a meaningful step toward eradicating statelessness in the Great Lakes Region
La #Commission de la #CEMAC et le #HCR, l’Agence des Nations-Unies pour les Réfugiés organisent du 11 au 12 décembre 2018 à N’Djamena, un atelier régional sur l'éradication de l'apatridie et l'accès à la documentation pour tous dans la sous-région CEMAC
Meeting of the Extraordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, 29 October - 3 November 2018, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Civil Society Resources
Nubian Community in Kenya v. Kenya
Children of Nubian Descent in Kenya v. Kenya
Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative (en français)
Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative
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Community workers brave the odds to help survivors of violence in DR Congo – UNHCR, 10 March 2022
As Lidia Ajuwa, 30, walks down the hill into Kibarizo, a remote village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province, she is greeted with smiles as she passes rows of small, grass-thatched houses. Hers is a familiar and friendly face in a region that for years has grappled with insecurity.
UNHCR
High Level Segment on Statelessness
Dedicated website on HLS with specific tools.
Ending Statelessness
UNHCR
UNHCR multimedia
UNHCR helps document internally displaced people at risk of statelessness
Preventing statelessness in South Sudan
« J’ai l’impression de renaître» : la citoyenneté apporte un nouvel espoir à une minorité apatride au Kenya
‘I feel like I am born again’: citizenship brings hope to stateless minority in Kenya
Stateless people know where they belong
Kenya’s stateless Makonde people finally obtain papers
Birth registration drive combats statelessness among Kenya’s coastal Pemba community
The Makonde: From statelessness to citizenship in Kenya
The Shona: A stateless community in Kenya yearning to gain citizenship
Birth registration: the first step in ending statelessness
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UNHCR and NGOs further advocate for forcibly displaced people’s rights and inclusion in State policies in Southern Africa

UNHCR, 06 Jul 2023

The third UNHCR-NGO Regional consultations in Southern Africa took place on 5 and 6 July, and deliberated, among other key issues, on how to better foster the inclusion of forcibly displaced people in national systems and services in the countries hosting them. Read more

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UNHCR calls for concerted action as forced displacement hits new record in 2022 - 14 June

UNHCR, 16 Jun 2023

The full-scale war in Ukraine, alongside conflict elsewhere and climate-driven upheaval meant more people than ever remained uprooted from their homes last year, heightening the urgency for immediate, collective action to alleviate the causes and impact of displacement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,... Read more

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UNHCR concerned by conflict’s toll on hundreds of thousands displaced in eastern DR Congo – 10 March 2023

UNHCR, 10 Mar 2023

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is greatly alarmed as violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces drive hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In February alone, nearly 300,000 people fled across Rutshuru and Masisi territo... Read more

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As security worsens in DR Congo, UNHCR and partners seek US$605 million to assist Congolese refugees across Africa -UNHCR, 17 February 2023

UNHCR, 17 Feb 2023

This is a summary of what was said by Olga Sarrado Mur – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Read more

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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Leanne Manas visits Mozambique to bring attention to the “forgotten crisis” in the region – UNHCR, 08 February 2023

UNHCR, 10 Feb 2023

Accompanied by the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in a week-long visit, Leanne Manas reported on the devastating impact of conflict and climate change in the northern provinces of Nampula and the border of Cabo Delgado. Manas met with refugees and displaced families in several settleme... Read more

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