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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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Good Practices Paper – Action 6: Establishing Statelessness Determination Procedures to Protect Stateless Persons

11 July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter - France

July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

UNHCR concerned about the conditions of refugees and migrants in Calais and Dunkerque, in particular children

5 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Note du HCR sur le projet de loi relatif à la réforme de l'asile (Addendum)

June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Europe: Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Pledges for Syrian Refugees (February 2015)

10 March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Note révisée du HCR sur le projet de loi relatif à la réforme de l'asile - Sénat

March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Options Paper 2: Options for governments on open reception and alternatives to detention

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

Fighting displaces more than half a million people inside Ukraine, hundreds of thousands more into neighbouring countries

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

Note du HCR sur le projet de loi relatif à la réforme de l'asile

October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter - France

March 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

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