{"id":81662,"date":"2025-08-21T15:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:52:23","slug":"govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons","title":{"rendered":"Govt To Issue Travel Documents To Refugees And Stateless Persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span><b> <\/b> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior, has initiated a project to issue Machine Readable Convention Travel Documents (MRCTDs) to refugees and stateless persons.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released on Wednesday, August 20, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, this initiative, a first for the nation, aims to align South Sudan with international standards for providing legal identity and travel documents.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry says the new system will enhance the country\u2019s ability to issue digital legal identity cards and MRCTDs, adhering to international best practices and standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).<\/p>\n<p>It says the initiative is a crucial step towards ensuring the protection, dignity, and mobility of a vulnerable population.<\/p>\n<p>The government stated that the project is a joint effort with the Commission for Refugee Affairs (CRA) and the Directorate of Civil Registry, Nationality, Passports, and Immigration (DCRNPI), who are currently finalizing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the new system.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is providing essential technical support to the government throughout the process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Sudan<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior, has initiated a project to issue Machine Readable Convention Travel Documents (MRCTDs) to refugees and stateless persons. According to a statement released on Wednesday, August 20, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, this initiative, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-81662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt To Issue Travel Documents To Refugees And Stateless Persons - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt To Issue Travel Documents To Refugees And Stateless Persons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T15:31:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T15:52:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/08\/sm_1755778833.974865.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Govt To Issue Travel Documents To Refugees And Stateless Persons\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-21T15:31:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-21T15:52:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/08\/sm_1755778833.974865.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/govt-to-issue-travel-documents-to-refugees-and-stateless-persons\",\"name\":\"Govt To Issue Travel Documents To Refugees And Stateless Persons - 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