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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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Equal Citizens, Thriving Families, Stronger Societies: Realizing Gender-Equal Nationality Rights in the Middle East-North Africa Region

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

UNHCR Review of Gender Equality in Operations

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

Sustainable Development Goal 4 and Refugee Education

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Child protection including education

6 June 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Education Strategy, 2012-2016

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

Education Strategy, Summary : 2012-2016

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

Improving Access to Education for Asylum-seeker, Refugee Children and Adolescents in Central Europe

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

Refugee Homelessness in Hungary

March 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Learning for a Future: Refugee Education in Developing Countries

December 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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