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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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Complementary Pathways for Admission of Refugees to Third Countries: Key Considerations

April 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Note on Legal Considerations for Cooperation between the European Union and Turkey on the Return of Asylum-Seekers and Migrants

10 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Call to Action: Protection Needs in the Northern Triangle of Central America, UNHCR Discussion Paper (Draft): A Proposal for a Strategic Regional Response

2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Note on international protection

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

UNHCR Submission to the Expert Panel on Asylum-seekers

27 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Compilation thématique des conclusions du Comité exécutif

March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Prevent. Combat. Protect: Human Trafficking

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

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