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“Papers please?”: The importance of refugees and other forcibly-displaced persons being able to prove identity

How important is identification in development?

For some forcible displace people, it’s sometimes a challenge to identify themselves when in foreign lands. Host countries have an important responsibility to register refugees who reside on their territory, and to provide them with identity documents that are recognized by public and private service providers. How this will help us achieve the SDGs: http://wrld.bg/vH6Z30d1ph2

“Papers please?”: The importance of refugees and other forcibly-displaced persons being able to prove identity

A refugee filling an application at the UNHCR registration center in Tripoli, Lebanon. © Mohamed Azakir / World Bank If you were forced to run for your life, amidst falling bombs or as a hurricane approaches, what would you grab after your children and loved ones? You would be well advised to make y…