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Mauritania Issues Birth Certificates for Malian Refugee Children

Published: 25/Fév/2018
Source: VOA

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 […]

Rwanda: Kiziba refugees protest

Published: 22/Fév/2018
Source: Kakuma News Reflector (KANERE), Kenya

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 […]

Kenya: Kihalangwa defends Miguna deportation

Published: 22/Fév/2018
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

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 […]

Lessons from Tanzania’s Historic Bid to Turn Refugees to Citizens

Published: 22/Fév/2018
Source: Refugees Deeply

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 […]

Liberia: Lawmaker backs Dual Citizenship

Published: 20/Fév/2018
Source: The New Dawn (Monrovia)

RiverGee County Senator Conmany B. Wesseh seems to be in support of President George Weah’s recent suggestions for dual citizenship in Liberia, including granting land ownership right to non-Negroes. Appearing on Power FM, a local radio station in Monrovia on […]

Kenya: Miguna deportation raises gaps in citizenship regime

Published: 17/Fév/2018
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By DR KORIR SING’OEI The deportation of Miguna Miguna has brought to the fore the need to reflect on the citizenship regime introduced by the 2010 Constitution, and the enabling regulatory framework embodied in the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act […]