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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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Overview of UNHCR's operations in the Americas

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Samoa: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Samoa – UPR 25th Session (2016)

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

Ireland: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Ireland – UPR 25th Session (2016)

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

Evaluation of Emergency Transit Centres in Romania and the Slovak Republic

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

UNHCR Submission on Greece : UPR 25th Session

September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Greece : UPR 25th Session

September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Belarus: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Belarus – UPR 22nd Session (2015)

May 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Asylum and international protection in the EU: strengthening cooperation and solidarity

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Asylum and international protection in the EU: strengthening cooperation the EU: strengthening cooperation and solidarity and solidarity

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

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