{"id":119,"date":"2021-08-19T14:57:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T14:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:20:55","slug":"central-asia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UNHCR Central Asia &#8211; Help for refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless people&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#faeb00\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>All services, support, and assistance provided by UNHCR and its partners are always free of charge.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is the official UNHCR website.<\/strong> You should never be asked to pay money, provide favors, or offer services in exchange for assistance from UNHCR or its partners, including via social media or third parties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This website provides useful information on key topics for <strong>refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people<\/strong> residing in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR\u2019s role in Central Asia focuses on\u202fsupporting the Governments\u202fof the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan to ensure quality asylum procedures, to prevent new cases of statelessness and help protect the rights of refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people in line with international law and standards. UNHCR helps refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people by working with partners to provide social support, legal counselling, and representation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note: <\/strong>UNHCR offices in Central Asia do not register refugees, do not examine asylum applications, and do not issue refugee documents. The Central Asian governments handle these responsibilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On this website you will be able to find information about:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Information on asylum and statelessness in <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/kazakhstan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/kazakhstan\/\">Kazakhstan<\/a>\u00a0??<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information on asylum and statelessness in <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/kyrgyzstan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/kyrgyzstan\/\">the Kyrgyz Republic<\/a>\u00a0??<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information on asylum and statelessness in <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/tajikistan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>\u00a0??<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information on asylum and statelessness in <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/turkmenistan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/turkmenistan-2\/\">Turkmenistan<\/a>\u00a0??<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information on asylum and statelessness in <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/uzbekistan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/uzbekistan\/\">Uzbekistan\u00a0<\/a>??<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/contacts-of-unhcr-and-partners\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/centralasia\/contacts-of-unhcr-and-partners\/\">Contacts of UNHCR and partners<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt; If you are seeking information from UNHCR in counties outside\u00a0of those mentioned above, you can find it on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cHELP\u201d pages<\/a>\u00a0of the requested countries,\u00a0including the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United States<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/turkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turkey<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Afghanistan<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">others<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNHCR Central Asia &#8211; Help for refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless people&nbsp; All services, support, and assistance provided by UNHCR and its partners are always free of charge.&nbsp; This is the official UNHCR website. 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