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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Resettlement and Other Admission Pathways for Syrian Refugees
31 December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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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 |
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A third of refugees in Poland may be homeless
20 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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European states urged to commit to quality in asylum procedures
21 September 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
