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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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UNHCR Review of Gender Equality in Operations

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

Côte d'Ivoire - COI Compilation

4 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

The Situation of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

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

Home at last for Colombians as settlement declared legal

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

Sri Lankan Refugee Returnees in 2014

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

Internal Displacement and Humanitarian Situation in the Gaza Strip

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

Nigeria - COI Compilation

October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Ukraine: Protection Strategy, June 2015

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

Compatibility Of The 1954 Convention Relating To The Status Of Stateless Persons With Canada's Legal Framework And Its International Human Rights Obligations

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

Country of Origin Series: Guatemala: Background Paper

October 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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