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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 7,092 people in 124 countries continues to help 35.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: Australia

March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR, OHCHR appeal to Cambodian authorities to allow access to Vietnamese Montagnards in hiding

19 December 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR concerned over attempt to legalize automatic returns from Spanish enclaves

28 October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR alarmed as Sri Lanka extends deportation to families outside detention

12 August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

"An open and safe Europe – what next?" Statement : António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Brussels, 29 January 2014

29 January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Asylum and international protection in the EU: strengthening cooperation and solidarity

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Asylum and international protection in the EU: strengthening cooperation the EU: strengthening cooperation and solidarity and solidarity

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Syrians, risking everything to flee war, find chilly reception in Europe

27 December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

CREDO – Credibility Assessment Checklists

15 May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

UNHCR intervention before the High Court of Kenya in the case of Kituo Cha Sheria and others v. The Attorney General

12 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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