February 26, 2018 4:31 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Kenya Citizenship program has developed Flip charts in Kiswahili and a smaller booklet version as paralegal guide. The vision of the flip charts is to guide the paralegals during community meetings. This was as a result of the inconsistency […]
February 26, 2018 4:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Nairobi – Kenya’s High Court on Monday ordered immigration authorities to allow an outspoken member of the opposition alliance to return to the country, after his deportation earlier this month. Miguna Miguna, a firebrand member of the National Super Alliance […]
February 26, 2018 11:31 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Four years after systematic ethnic cleansing led Central African Republic’s Muslim community to flee to neighbouring countries, Enrica Picco explores the challenges facing returnees. At the beginning of the current crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), from late 2013 […]
February 25, 2018 4:20 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Three years after the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration, much progress has been made towards eradicating statelessness in West Africa Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 25 February 2018 – West Africa is celebrating today the third anniversary of the Abidjan Declaration on […]
February 25, 2018 10:48 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The U.N. refugee agency reports the Mauritanian Government is issuing birth certificates to thousands of Malian refugee children who were born in Mbera camp, conferring important legal protections upon them. Refugee children who lack a birth certificate more often than […]
February 25, 2018 10:27 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Cette déclaration faite le 25 février 2015 vise à trouver des solutions à la grande vulnérabilité́ des apatrides d’ici à 2024, à travers vingt-cinq mesures majeures… PAR M. SANSAN KAMBILÉ, Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice et des Droits […]
February 23, 2018 11:11 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the […]
February 22, 2018 4:11 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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February 22, 2018 8:46 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Qaabata Boru & Roland Kalamo On Tuesday, February 20th, 2018: A large movement of refugees – some report several thousand – departed on foot from the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda. Leaders declared that they were repatriating to […]
February 22, 2018 8:42 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Sam Kisika The deported self-proclaimed NRM General Miguna Miguna will have to follow due process to reclaim his Kenyan citizenship, the government has said. The outgoing Immigration Director Gordon Kihalangwa told MPs on Wednesday that Miguna will only be […]
February 22, 2018 8:29 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Tanzania was lauded for offering citizenship to 200,000 Burundians, the largest-ever mass naturalization of refugees. But a political stalemate emerged between humanitarians and the government, leaving refugees stuck in the middle, explains researcher Amelia Kuch. During Europe’s so-called migrant crisis of […]
February 21, 2018 4:03 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
It was very good and welcoming news, early February 2018 when President John Magufuli launched the e-passport. The Department of Immigration should be congratulated and I give credit for this initiative. The e-passport will tremendously improve security and misuse with […]