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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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Involuntary refugee returns to Nigeria must be avoided - UNHCR

29 June 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR statement on the future of Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camps

14 April 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Kenya

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in Europe - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Home alone? A review of the relationship between repatriation, mobility and durable solutions for refugees

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

The repatriation predicament of Burmese refugees in Thailand: a preliminary analysis

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

Rejected asylum seekers: the problem of return

9 May 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

From resettlement to involuntary repatriation: towards a critical history of durable solutions

5 May 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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