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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 Proposed Amendments to the Danish Aliens Legislation (Sags Nr. 2018-20616, Akt Nr. 598518)

18 January 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Campaign Update, October – December 2018

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Submission on Cyprus: 32nd UPR session

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Viet Nam: 32nd UPR session

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Yemen: 32nd UPR session

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Comoros: 32nd UPR session

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Observations on the Legislative Amendments Adopted in Hungary in June & July 2018

6 November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Good practices in nationality laws for the prevention and reduction of statelessness

November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Résumé et recommandations: L'apatridie en Suisse

November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR's Comments on the Proposed Amendments to the Croatian Citizenship Act

November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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