UNHCR salutes African govts’ pledge to accelerate digital ID action for forcibly displaced
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has lauded the willingness by some African governments to…
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Pakistan to deport 600K Afghans with refugee ID cards
Pakistan has announced its intention to expel about 600,000 Afghan citizens, an official confirmed through media reports. The deportation drive,…
Ethiopia begins issuing refugees digital ID cards to facilitate service access
The distribution of digital ID cards to Ethiopian refugees and returnees, as part of a pilot with tripartite support, has…
African leader’s efforts to eradicate statelessness wins plaudits from UNHCR
The recent adoption by African leaders of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights Relating to…
UNHCR biometric program facilitates cash aid delivery to 39K Afghan returnees
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says one of its cash-support programs, “Forcibly Returned Afghans Enrollment (FARE)” in Afghanistan, has provided…
UNHCR embraces blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs to improve aid systems
The UN refugee agency is working on decentralized digital ID utilizing blockchain to protect the identity of people crossing borders…
World Bank is helping the displaced in Mozambique get IDs, birth certificates
There has been respite for thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mozambique as a civil registration and ID card…
Does the husband know? Some issues surrounding IDs for refugees can shock
It can be tempting for some to think that for all the despair and chaos assumed at a refugee crisis,…
Biometrics secure UNHCR direct cash payments to Ukrainian refugees
With biometrics playing a pivotal role in the processing of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war, the United Nations High Commissioner for…
Pakistan government and UNHCR complete biometric registration drive for Afghan refugees
The United Nations is trumpeting the success of a drive to register refugees in Pakistan for biometric smartcards, which was…
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