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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's Recommendations to the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union, January - June 2008

10 December 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Remarks by Ms. Erika Feller, Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Public Hearing on the Future Common European Asylum System (7 November 2007, Brussels)

7 November 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Asylum in the European Union. A Study of the Implementation of the Qualification Directive

November 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR's Recommendations for Portugal's European Union Presidency, July-December 2007

15 June 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Stellungnahme des UNHCR zur Anhörung des Innenausschusses des Deutschen Bundestages zum Gesetz zur Umsetzung aufenthalts- und asylrechtlicher Richtlinien der Europäischen Union

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

The European asylum procedures directive in legal context

10 November 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR Comments on the Inquiry (SOU 2006:6, Swedish Government Official Report) on the implementation in Swedish law of Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted

15 May 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Stellungnahme des UNHCR zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Umsetzung aufenthalts- und asylrechtlicher Richtlinien der Europäischen Union

January 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Evidentiary assessment and the EU qualification directive

1 June 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Tool Boxes on EU Asylum Matters. Tool Box 1: The Fundamentals

November 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Training Manuals

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