Extracts: On 10 April, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, UNHCR and UNICEF co-hosted the Indian Ocean Islands Roundtable on the Prevention of Statelessness. The roundtable, which included the participation of Government focal points from the Comoros, Madagascar and Mauritius, focused on the […]
By Kwaku Asare I want to start by emphatically asserting that the current allegiance-based exclusions of plural citizens from the political space are a constitutional time bomb. To be sure, I do not dispute that allegiance is an important cultural […]
Thomas Nguli, now 62, tells how a life without citizenship stole his dreams. By Jonathan Clayton GENEVA – Some 10 million people around the world are today estimated to be stateless, living in a bureaucratic limbo without access to health, education […]
Parliamentarians in Swaziland began debating a law on Thursday that if passed would force Swazi citizens to pay $2 200 to marry a foreigner. The government claims foreign men target women in the landlocked kingdom to secure the right to […]
In recent years, numerous Iranians have bought passports from the Comoros Islands, a small nation between Mozambique and Madagascar. U.S. and Comoros officials worry the documents may have been used to skirt sanctions. By BOZORGMEHR SHARAFEDIN and DAVID LEWIS LONDON/NAIROBI […]
La pression migratoire extrême à laquelle est actuellement confrontée Mayotte place la République devant un défi qu’il est de son devoir de relever dans le respect de ses traditions républicaine Par: Thani Mohamed Soilihi Vice-président du Sénat, sénateur LREM de […]
Environ 25 naissances sont enregistrées au centre médical urbain de la patte-d’oie chaque mois. Ici, c’est l’ancienne méthode qui est toujours d’actualité. « L’enregistrement des naissances est fait comme d’habitude. Les parents nous présentent les papiers délivrés par les accoucheuses Yerbanga », […]
Today, 1.1 billion people around the world lack legal identity documentation. Without it, they cannot vote, access healthcare, or go to school—and are at risk of becoming stateless. Entire communities—especially the poor and members of minority groups—may lack documentation, leaving […]
The National Identification Authority has observed with gratitude media reports to the effect that Ex-President J. A. Kufuor has called on all Ghanaians to avail themselves for registration and issuance of the Ghana Card. The NIA welcomes his unqualified endorsement […]
N and Others v Director General: Department of Home Affairs and Another, (4996 /2016) [2018] ZAECGHC 90; [2018] 3 All SA 802 (ECG) (27 June 2018) Factual background [1] The first applicant, a South African Citizen and member of the […]
CRC/C/AGO/CO/5-7 Concluding observations on the combined fifth to seventh periodic reports of Angola Extract: Birth registration, name and nationality 18.The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to achieve universal birth registration, inter alia, by waiving registration fees for Angolan citizens […]
By Hend El-Behary The number of Egyptians who have officially immigrated in 2017 decreased by 5.2 percent, with 348 immigrants compared to 367 in 2016, according to a press statement released by The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). […]