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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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Options Paper 2: Options for governments on open reception and alternatives to detention

2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Observations on Proposed Draft Law 187 -XII revising and amending Law no. 27/2008 dated 30 June 2008 and transposing into Portuguese legislation EU Directives 2011/95 (Qualification), 2013/32 (Procedures), 2013/33 (Reception) and Regulations on Dublin and EURODAC

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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

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

Draft Overview of Pledges [Extracts Relating to Statelessness]

1 August 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Ecuador, Honduras and Portugal accede to Statelessness Conventions

2 October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

European states urged to commit to quality in asylum procedures

21 September 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Further Developing Asylum Quality in the EU (FDQ): Summary Project Report

September 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter - Portugal

July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports) - Universal Periodic Review: Portugal

April 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Law proposal transposing into Portuguese legislation EU Qualification Directive (2004/83/EC) and Asylum Procedures Directive (2005/85/EC): UNHCR Observations

5 November 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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