The Nobel laureate who tackles themes of displacement, history and home

Abdulrazak Gurnah reflects on the isolation and hostility he had to face as a young man – and argues in favour of more humane attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers.

News comment: UNHCR's Grandi fears UK legislation will dramatically weaken refugee protection

UN Refugee Agency opposes UK plan to export asylum

UNHCR lauds Philippines' accession to 1961 statelessness convention

Stateless girl in Croatia dreams of having "papers"

Without documents proving her nationality, nine-year-old Medina risks being excluded from education, health care and travel.

Without documents, women at high risk of gender-based violence

UNHCR is advocating for women and girls in South Africa to acquire identity documents which can help reduce the risk of statelessness, and physical and psychological abuse.

UNHCR: World must turn COP26 words into action for forcibly displaced and stateless people

Birth registration drive brings Congo's indigenous in from the shadows

A campaign by the Republic of the Congo and UNHCR provides birth certificates to thousands of Congolese at risk of statelessness, including indigenous people

UNHCR urges governments to accelerate progress and resolve plight of world's stateless