27 Sep 2024
From Registration to Resettlement: How the Digital Gateway is empowering refugees in Indonesia
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Indonesia, in partnership with the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, developed a Digital Gateway - an online, multi-lingual self-service portal, allowing refugees and asylum-seekers in Indonesia to create accounts and remotely access, record and update personal information with UNHCR.

The portal provides families with access to legal support from UNHCR and birth certificate referrals to the national Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system, giving them the protection and rights under international law.

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