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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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Overview of UNHCR's operations in the Americas

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Evaluation of Emergency Transit Centres in Romania and the Slovak Republic

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

Call to Action: Protection Needs in the Northern Triangle of Central America, UNHCR Discussion Paper (Draft): A Proposal for a Strategic Regional Response

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

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: 2nd Cycle, 25th Session - Greece

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

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

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Theme: Faith and Protection; Chairman's Summary

13 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Theme: Faith and Protection; Opening remarks by Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

12 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Faith and Protection: A Concept Paper

24 October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Annex to the Note on the Continued Applicability of the April 2009 UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers: Reports of Attacks and Security Incidents in Iraq since April 2009

June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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