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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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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

UNHCR Provisional Comments and Recommendations On the Draft Amendments to the Law on Asylum and Refugees

4 December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Moving forward on asylum and international protection in the EU's interests - UNHCR's recommendations to Greece for the EU Presidency January - June 2014

December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR-Empfehlungen im Rahmen der Vernehmlassung zur Genehmigung und Umsetzung der Notenaustausche zwischen der Schweiz und der Europäischen Union betreffend die Übernahme der revidierten Rechtsgrundlagen der Dublin/Eurodac Zusammenarbeit (Verordnung (EU) Nr. 604/2013 und Verordnung (EU) Nr. 603/2013) (Weiterentwicklung des Dublin/Eurodac-Besitzstands)

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

Erhebungen zu Qualitätsstandards der Rechtsberatung im österreichischen Asylverfahren

September 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR Recommendations on Important Aspects of Refugee Protection in Italy

July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Current Issues of Refugee Protection in Greece

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

Ukraine as a country of asylum. Observations on the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in Ukraine

July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Comments by the UNHCR Regional Representation for the Baltic and Nordic Countries on the Finnish Government's draft proposal on amendments to the Aliens Act

18 June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Moving Further Toward a Common European Asylum System: UNHCR's statement on the EU asylum legislative package

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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