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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. UNHCR now has more than 16,803 personnel and work in a total of 134 countries to help 70.8 million persons.

 Website: www.unhcr.org
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UNHCR Observations on the "Final report of the inquiry on language and social studies requirements for Swedish citizenship and other citizenship issues"

4 November 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Statelessness and Climate Change Factsheet

29 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Background Note on Discrimination in Nationality Laws and Statelessness

20 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

#IBelong Campaign Update, July – September 2021

20 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Philippines: Policy Briefs on Identified Legislative Priorities

13 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR Fact Sheet: The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

25 August 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Statelessness Evaluation Summary

5 July 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Résumé d'Évaluation des initiatives menées par le HCR pour mettre fin à l'apatridie

5 July 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

The Impact of COVID-19 on Stateless Populations: Policy recommendations and good practices on vaccine access and civil registration

3 June 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Campaign Update, January 2021 - March 2021

15 April 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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