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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 intervention before the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in the case of Amer Mohammed El-Ali (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)

26 June 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Meeting the rights and protection needs of refugee children

May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Background paper No.1: Legal and practical aspects of the return of persons not in need of international protection

May 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Progress Report on Informal Consultations on the Provision of International Protection to all Who Need It

25 May 1998 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Progress Report on Informal Consultations on the Provision of International Protection to all Who Need It

25 May 1998 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Return of Persons Not in Need of International Protection

30 May 1997 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Return of persons not in need of international protection

28 May 1996 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Retour de personnes n'ayant pas besoin de protection internationale

28 May 1996 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Progress Report on Informal Consultations on the Provision of International Protection to all Who Need It

28 May 1996 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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