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Nansen passports were internationally recognized identity cards first issued by the League of Nations
League of Nations

The League of Nations was an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?1920. At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to 23 February 1935, it had 58 members....
 to stateless refugees. Designed in 1922 by Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norway explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner....
, in 1942 they were honored by governments in 52 countries and were the first refugee travel documents
Travel document

A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries....
. Approximately 450,000 Nansen passports were issued, helping hundreds of thousands of stateless people to immigrate to a country that would have them. The Nansen International Office for Refugees was awarded the 1938 Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will , the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for :wikt:fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the h...
 for its efforts to establish the Nansen passports.

The Nansen passport was developed after the Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution of 1917

The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union....
, when 1.4 million Russians moved out of Russia due to ideological conflicts with the communist government.






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Nansen passports were internationally recognized identity cards first issued by the League of Nations
League of Nations

The League of Nations was an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?1920. At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to 23 February 1935, it had 58 members....
 to stateless refugees. Designed in 1922 by Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norway explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner....
, in 1942 they were honored by governments in 52 countries and were the first refugee travel documents
Travel document

A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries....
. Approximately 450,000 Nansen passports were issued, helping hundreds of thousands of stateless people to immigrate to a country that would have them. The Nansen International Office for Refugees was awarded the 1938 Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will , the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for :wikt:fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the h...
 for its efforts to establish the Nansen passports.

The Nansen passport was developed after the Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution of 1917

The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union....
, when 1.4 million Russians moved out of Russia due to ideological conflicts with the communist government. Hundreds of thousands of them stayed permanently abroad. It proved to be a great success, one of the few that could be attributed to the League of Nations.

While Nansen passports are no longer issued, present national authorities, including the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
, issue documents for stateless people and refugees. These include: Certificate of Identity
Certificate of identity

A certificate of identity, sometimes called an alien's passport, is a Travel Document issued by states to foreign nationals who are, for whatever reason, unable to obtain a passport from their state of nationality....
 (or Alien's Passport), Travel Document
Travel document

A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries....
 (also known as a "Refugee Travel Document") and Laissez-Passer.

The idea of a refugee passport was renewed between 1998 and 2002 by the Republic of Lomar
Republic of Lomar

The Regency of Lomar Foundation. previously the Republic of Lomar Foundation, is an international non-governmental organization originally dedicated to refugee assistance and documentation....
 Foundation but discontinued in the wake of the post 9/11 constraint on such documents.