UNHCR is excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new manual "Representing Stateless Persons Before U.S. Immigration Authorities: A Legal Practice Resource from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees." The manual is set to be released on August 22nd. To launch this new resource, on Tuesday August 22nd from 2-3:30pm EST UNHCR and the immigration firm Benach Collopy LLP will be hosting a free webinar on representing stateless persons before U.S. immigration authorities, with a focus on claims for asylum.

Topics

• What is statelessness? UNHCR's Stateless Representation Manual - what it covers and how it can be used to represent stateless persons before U.S. immigration authorities (Lindsay Jenkins, UNHCR)
• Representing stateless persons in asylum proceedings - how statelessness is relevant in the context of asylum and practice pointers for presenting a claim (Dree Collopy, Benach Collopy LLP)

Registration:
To register for this webinar, please click here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Please forward this invite to anyone who might be interested.