Kazakhstan

UNHCR Representation in Kazakhstan
Basic Facts

Offices: UNHCR Representation in Kazakhstan was opened in 1995.

Programmes: in Almaty and Astana

Total Persons of Concern: 7,567  

Refugees and asylum-seekers: as of 1 July 2016

Refugees: 691 persons

Afghanistan: 632

Uzbekistan: 25

Syria: 20

Others: 14

Asylum seekers: 184 persons

Afghanistan: 137

Syria: 15

Others: 32

Voluntary repatriation: In 2002-2016, UNHCR assisted and facilitated the return of 162 refugees to their countries of origin.

Resettlement: In 2001-2016, UNHCR Kazakhstan organized the resettlement to third countries of 702 refugees.

Stateless persons: 6,876 (officially recognized by the Government of Kazakhstan, as of 1 January 2016).

Projects and partners: Assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons in Kazakhstan

• Advocacy for amendment of national legislation related to asylum, nationality and statelessness, capacity building of government institutions, border monitoring and referral mechanism, emergency preparedness - UNHCR
• Social and medical assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers – Kazakhstan Red Crescent Society
• Legal counselling and court representation, advocacy for enhanced access of refugees to the rights and assistance to stateless persons - Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Right and Rule of Law
• Education and self-reliance – International Association for Social Projects

Legal counselling and assistance to stateless persons - the Legal Centre for Women's Initiatives "Sana Sezim".

External Fact Sheet for more information can be downloaded here.

December 2015