Accenture and Microsoft are working with ID2020 to build a digital ID network that refugees can access from anywhere
Technology companies develop system to help the United Nations provide digital legal identification for refugees who have no official documents.
Accenture and Microsoft have
designed a digital ID network running on blockchain technology.
The prototype connects existing public and commercial records so people can access their personal details from any location.
The UN wants everyone on the planet to have legal identities by 2030.
There are currently 1.1 billion people around the world with no official documentation, including people who have been displaced from their original homes.
The UN's latest report, external estimates that there are about 22.5 million refugees. There are no figures for how many of these are undocumented, but it is likely many are.
The digital ID network was unveiled at the ID2020, external summit in New York on Monday. ID2020 is an alliance [...]
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