UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Brief

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Brief Introduction to UNHCR’s Registration and Identity Management Susanne Butscher, H 2020 Project Clustering Workshop – Athens, 31 Jan 2018

Registration is the process of recording, verifying and updating information on persons of concern to UNHCR. It aims to assists in the provision of protection, documentation and durable solutions • Currently 7. 9 million refugees registered in 130 countries • Biometrics of 4. 5 million refugees in 49 countries

PRIMES Population Registration and Identity Management Eco. System It encompasses all UNHCR registration, identity management and caseload management tools and applications. (existing and developed ones) PRIMES is a platform that allows different applications to access the pro. Gres population registry.

(BIMS) Biometrics Identity Management System UNHCR’s corporate system that enrolls, identifies and manages the identities of Persons of concern through their fingerprints and/or irises. BIMS is UNHCR’s corporate biometrics tool and an integrated component of UNHCR’s identity management practice. Ensures that refugees’ personal identities cannot be lost, registered multiple times and are not subject to fraud or identity theft. In the Middle East UNHCR works with Iris. Guard. UNHCR’s former corporate biometrics system was Bio. Registrator.

Refugee perspective Imagine if every person, regardless of her refugees have a recognized ID in the status, age, and gender, can identify country of asylum, despite of having herself everywhere. either foreign, limited, or no documents at all. There are 66 million refugees and forcibly displaced persons.

“We want every refugee to have a unique digital identity. This will enhance accountability and facilitate two-way communication between refugees and service providers. It will also help prevent and reduce statelessness. ” The High Commissioner, Opening Speech at the UNHCR Executive Committee (Ex. Com), 2 October 2017