Hadicha, an 80 year-old woman who pursuant to the Amnesty Law in Tajikistan recently received a residence permit legalizing her stay in the country. © Asia Plus/Zarina Ergasheva Also in line with Action 1, on 4 November UNHCR launched a large-scale information and awareness raising campaign in Tajikistan on the recently enacted Amnesty Law paving for a solution to the most complex cases of statelessness in the country. The objective of the campaign is for eligible stateless persons to come forward and legalize their status. In line with Action 2 and Action 8, Issue nationality documentation to those with an entitlement to it, the Women Jurists’ Association of Côte d’Ivoire, supported by UNHCR, provided legal assistance to persons at risk of statelessness to resolve their situation and help ensure that foundlings are issued with birth and nationality certificates. In 2020, this work has led to the issuance of documentation to over 300 children. In line with Action 2, Ensure that no child is born stateless, approximately 47,000 children born in Colombia to Venezuelan parents have acquired Colombian nationality since the adoption of Resolution 8470 of 2019. UNHCR is advocating for the extension of this measure beyond its current expiration date in September 2021. In line with Action 6, Grant protection status to stateless migrants and facilitate their naturalization, on 10 November, the Department of the Interior and Local Government of the Philippines issued a Memorandum Circular on Local Government Assistance for Persons of Concern. The Circular is meant to ensure that asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons have uniform access to basic services and assistance at the local level, particularly in times of public emergencies. The Circular covers a wide range of areas of assistance, such as education, livelihood, and self-reliance programmes, and will contribute to further inclusion of persons of concern in the Philippines. Also in line with Action 2, on 5 October, the House of Representatives of the Philippines approved the Foundling Welfare Act, which if it becomes law would recognize foundlings as natural-born Filipino citizens regardless of status or circumstances of birth and allow them to access government programs and services. This is in line with the Government of the Philippines’ pledge at the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness and its commitments under the National Action Plan to End Statelessness by 2024. The author of the bill is currently advocating for adoption of a counterpart bill in the Philippine Senate. 7