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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 and Recommendations on the Draft Proposed Modifications to the Law No. 274 on Integration of Foreigners in the Republic Of Moldova

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

UNHCR Comments on the Inquiry "Ett Ordnat Mottagande – Gemensamt Ansvar för Snabb Etablering eller Återvändande"

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

UNHCR Observations on the Law Proposal amending the Obligation to Leave and Prohibition on Entry Act, the Law Enforcement Act and the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens

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

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

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

Observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Representation for Northern Europe: Draft Law Proposal of 5 October 2018 amending the Alien's Act of Finland

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

UNHCR Discussion Paper Fair and Fast - Accelerated and Simplified Procedures in the European Union

25 July 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Note on International Protection

4 July 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Notes on International Protection

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: Belize

July 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: Central African Republic

July 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

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