NOUN | a Nansen passport | Nansen passports | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Never accepting British citizenship, she used a Nansen passport, "valid for all countries in the world, except Poland".
- In 1953 he moved to the University of São Paulo in Brazil, where he immigrated by means of a Nansen passport, given that he had refused to take French nationality (as that would have entailed military service against his convictions).
- He was one of the co-founders of the Republic of Lomar Foundation, a visionary effort to renew the concept of the Nansen passport which lasted until 2002.
- Among the initiatives he introduced was the "Nansen passport" for stateless persons, a certificate that used to be recognized by more than 50 countries.
- He fled Nazi persecution of Jews and came to Norway as a refugee with the help of a Nansen passport ("Nansenhjelpen") after the German occupation of the Czechoslovak Republic in March 1939.
- Werefkin always lived in Switzerland as a stateless person, issued with a Nansen passport since 1922.
- Shortly afterwards, with the help of a Nansen passport issued by the Spanish government, he moved to Madrid, where he set up a small engineering business.
- The definition of a refugee at this time was an individual with either a Nansen passport or a "certificate of identity" issued by the International Refugee Organization.
- Vera had a Nansen passport (issued by the League of Nations to stateless refugees).
- By November 1933 he fled to Paris with a Nansen passport.
- This led to creation of Nansen passport, which was recognized by 31 states, where more than 25,000 Russians have settled.
- Parliament had adopted a motion of non confidece of Leino with connection to his illegal handing over of nineteen Finnish citizens and Nansen passport holders to the Soviet Union in 1945.
- One of its innovations in this latter area was the 1922 introduction of the Nansen passport, which was the first internationally recognised identity card for stateless refugees.
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