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In Turkmenistan, the UNHCR supports the government in protecting refugees, preventing statelessness, and aligning national laws and practices with international standards.
Turkmenistan has made great progress in ending statelessness, granting citizenship to over 13,000 stateless people and adopting one of the world’s most detailed procedures for identifying stateless people. In October 2024, Turkmenistan became the second country in the world to resolve all known cases of statelessness.
If you are applying for asylum, or if you are stateless and have never received identity documents (such as a Turkmenistani citizenship certificate/identity card) or still hold an old USSR passport, this HELP Page might be useful.
