UNHCR, APRIL 2023 • REFUGEES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION Article 25 of the 1951 Convention, in particular for civil status events that occurred in the country of origin. Research and publish a guide to best practices on mutual recognition of civil registration documents for refugees in the context of comprehensive durable solutions particularly for Voluntary Repatriation to country of origin and Resettlement to a third country. Registration and refugee status determination • • Review refugee registration and status determination procedures and develop guidance to include the possibility of flagging a refugee as of unknown nationality, with a view to : o establishing referral pathways to assess whether a person is stateless or at risk of statelessness; o taking steps to preserve nationality (for example, through legal re cognition of the connection to a parent, in the absence of birth registration in the country of origin) or providing other appropriate support; and o generating data about risks of statelessness among refugee populations. Clarify UNHCR's position on the refugee status and operational responsibilities vis-a-vis a child of one refugee parent who is entitled to or has the nationality of the country of asylum. Local integration including facilitated access to nationality or other durable solutions • • • • • Document and publicise good practices on legal pathways and procedures for acquisition of nationality of a country of asylum by refugees and their descendants born in that country. Develop interpretative guidance on the obligations of states to facilitate the integration and naturalisation of refugees in their country of asylum under Article 34 of the 1951 Convention. Review state practices in providing alternative legal status options, in addition to refugee status, which grant long-term residence, an entitlement to work, and a pathway to nationality and develop recommendations for additional “durable solutions” based on the review. Include questions in the regular surveys on refugee intentions about access to nationality of the country of asylum as a durable solution, permanent residence status (providing broader rights than refugee status and as a potential step towards local integration), and identity documentation, as well as commission surveys on the attitudes of host communities on the local integration of refugees. Support the ICGLR Secretariat in the development of a comprehensive strategy for durable solutions for refugees, stateless persons and other forcibly displaced people in the Great Lakes region, informed by the finding and recommendations of this study and the additional information collected in refugee intention surveys, in consultation with the regional advisory group. Data collection • Improve collection of data on the number of long-term refugees (including the descendants of refugees born in the country of asylum) in the ICGLR region, their circumstances and needs, and their risks of statelessness. For this purpose: o Adopt a definition of “long-term refugee” for operational and statistical purposes; o Review the ProGres database in ICGLR host countries in order to estimate the “inactive” refugee population for which none of durable solutions proposed by UNHCR has been implemented, but who are likely to remain in the host country. 37