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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-Empfehlungen im Rahmen der Vernehmlassung zur Änderung des Schweizer Asylgesetzes (AsylG)

October 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Initial observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representation for the Baltic and Nordic Countries on Law Proposal No. 579/Lp11 Amending the Asylum Law of the Republic of Latvia

May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Empfehlungen im Rahmen der Vernehmlassung zur Änderung der Verordnungen zum Asylgesetz zum Zwecke der Umsetzung der dringlichen Änderungen des Schweizer Asylgesetzes (AsylG)

March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zum Bericht des Eidgenössischen Justiz- und Polizeidepartements (EJPD) vom Juli 2011 über die Änderung des Asylgesetzes im Rahmen einer Zusatzbotschaft zur Botschaft zur Änderung des Asylgesetzes vom 26. Mai 2010

August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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