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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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Ukraine: Protection Strategy, June 2015

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

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

October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Sri Lanka: Country of Origin Information Relating to the Targeting of Ex-LTTE Members/Combatants

3 February 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Inquiry into the incident at the Manus Island Detention Centre from 16 February to 18 - The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee

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

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

Beyond Detention: A Global Strategy to support governments to end the detention of asylum-seeker and refugees, 2014-2019

2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR calls for safety of civilians in the Central African Republic

29 August 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR concerned at arbitrary detention of Syrian refugees in Egypt

26 July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Monitoring Visit to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea : 11-13 June 2013

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

Situation in CAR remains unstable, humanitarian access difficult, civilians in fear

5 July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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