In line with Action 7 and Action 8, as of November,
UNHCR and the Catholic University of Mozambique
have supported over 15,000 people at risk of
statelessness in Cabo Delgado Province in
obtaining birth certificates and identification cards.
The population who was assisted included both
displaced and host communities.
In line with Action 8, Issue nationality
documentation to those with entitlement to it, in
Mauritania, UNHCR and its legal partner recently
launched a legal assistance program for returnees
from Senegal who are experiencing difficulties
in obtaining a national identity document. Since
the launch of the program in May 2021, twentysix individuals have obtained civil documentation
after being assisted with various administrative and
judicial procedures.
On 28 September, the civil registration authorities of
Chad issued national identity cards to 3,000 internally
displaced persons (IDPs) at risk of statelessness who
live on the border with Nigeria. The identification
project is part of a partnership agreement between
the civil registration authorities and UNHCR which is
supporting the process. The project is ongoing and as
of 25 November, close to 4,800 identity cards to IDPs
at risk of statelessness have been issued, which is
85% of the planned figure under this project. Several
news outlets reporting on the project, including
Nouvelles.TD and Le Sahel.
In line with Action 10, Improve quantitative and
qualitative data on stateless populations, in
August and September, in Kazakhstan, UNHCR
and the Bureau of National Statistics undertook
capacity building activities to support the mapping
of statelessness through the national population
census. Videos and other communication materials
were produced to train enumerators and to
sensitize the general public on how to fill out the
census questionnaire. The information campaign
specifically targeted stateless persons and
persons of undetermined nationality to encourage
their participation in the census and address
any concerns they may have. Also, sessions on
nationality and statelessness were included in
trainings for enumerators and other employees
of government agencies involved in the census
exercise. The activities that UNHCR is undertaking
in supporting the census are part of the Joint Data
Centre on Forced Migration Project.
A woman in Chad who is internally displaced received an ID card for the first time in her life. © UNHCR
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