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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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Life history and personal narrative: theoretical and methodological issues relevant to research and evaluation in refugee contexts

15 September 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Refugee livelihoods: Livelihood and diasporic identity constructions of Somali refugees in Cairo

1 June 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Self-image and the well-being of refugees in Rhino Camp, Uganda

10 April 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

A bitter pill to swallow: obstacles facing refugee and overseas doctors in the UK

1 November 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Collateral coverage: media images of Afghan refugees during the 2001 emergency

4 August 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Submission to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention

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

Human Rights in the Transdniestrian Region of the Republic of Moldova (2nd Edition)

1 March 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Addressing Security Concerns Without Undermining Refugee Protection - UNHCR's Perspective

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

Joint UN/Romanian Government Seminar on the Improvement of the Situation of the Rroma in Romania

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

Observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Proposal for an EU Council Framework Decision on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings

27 June 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

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