Tajikistan

UNHCR Representation in Tajikistan
Basic Facts

Offices: UNHCR Representation in Tajikistan (location-Dushanbe), since January 1993.

Programs in: Dushanbe and Khujand cities

Afghanistan: 2,312

Ukarine: 2

Iraq:2

Iran:5

Pakistan: 8

Uzbekistan: 2

Asylum seekers: 286

Stateless persons:19, 523 (*This is based on the number of people identified during the registration exercise between November 2014 and 29 February 2016 as well as on current official statistics of government identified people provided with statelessness documents)

2016 budget: 2.14 million USD

Projects and partners:
-Capacity building of government institutions, voluntary repatriation and resettlement - UNHCR
-Social, medical and education assistance to refugees and asylum seekers - Refugee Children and Vulnerable Citizens (RCVC) and Consortium Initiatives (CI)
-Legal counselling and court representation - Society and Law (S&L)
-DAFI scholarships - Refugee Children and Vulnerable Citizens (RCVC)

For more detailed information please download External Fact Sheet here.

February 2016