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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 Comments on the European Commission Proposal for a Qualification Regulation – COM (2016) 466

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

UNHCR Observations on the Commission Proposal for a Council Directive Amending Directive 2003/109/EC Establishing a Long-Term Residence Status to Extend its Scope to Beneficiaries of International Protection

29 February 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Anmerkungen von UNHCR zum Vorschlag der Kommission für eine Richtlinie des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 2003/109/EG zur Festlegung der langfristigen Aufenthaltsberechtigung zwecks Erweiterung ihres Anwendungsbereichs auf Personen mit internationalem Schutzstatus

29 February 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

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