“Stateless. The labyrinth of the invisible”, a photo exhibition launched by the UNHCR and the Spanish Agency for International Development
Cooperation (AECID) in Madrid, ©UNHCR/O. Calvo
In Kiev, Ukraine, UNHCR organized a conference on
5 November on “Eradicating Statelessness in Ukraine:
Achievements and Challenges”. Participants discussed
the draft law on the establishment of a statelessness
determination procedure, among other topics.
On 14 November, a cinema played a short UNHCR
#IBelong Campaign video on one of the main avenues
in the center of Lisbon, Portugal to commemorate the
fourth anniversary of the #IBelong Campaign. On the
same day, one of the country’s largest daily newspapers
published an editorial article on UNHCR’s mapping
of statelessness in Portugal.
In October, UNHCR released a video on its partnership
with the European Youth Parliament launched in July
2017. Through the partnership, UNHCR provides
expertise on topics related to statelessness, refugees
and migration, and supports the participation of (former)
stateless persons at the international and national EYP
events.
In Serbia, UNHCR organized a conference on
“Combating Statelessness in Serbia – Achievements
and the Way Forward” on 2 November.
In Madrid, Spain, UNHCR and the Spanish Agency for
International Development Cooperation (AECID) opened
the photo exhibition “Stateless. The labyrinth of the
invisible”. The exhibition features a maze-like path that
invites visitors to put themselves in the shoes of stateless
persons.
From 9 to 14 November, a team of journalists trained on
statelessness by UNHCR in the Republic of Congo rolled
out a campaign in Gamboma to raise awareness on the
importance of birth registration. Over 500 persons were
reached through a carnival event, a radio show, and
awareness raising activities held with the public.
In Tajikistan, statelessness related content was broadcast
on local and national TV stations, radio programmes and
published in newspapers, conveying messages on the
importance of having nationality and identity documents.
On 5 December 2018, a TV show on statelessness was
launched on national television in Burkina Faso.
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