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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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Afghanistan: Compilation of Country of Origin Information (COI) Relevant for Assessing the Availability of an Internal Flight, Relocation or Protection Alternative (IFA/IRA/IPA) to Kabul

December 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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

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

Qatar: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Qatar – UPR 19th Session (2014)

April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Child protection Issue Brief : Mental health and psychosocial well-being of children

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

Asylum-seekers on bridging visas in Australia: Protection Gaps UNHCR Consultation, 2013

16 December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Monitoring Visit to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea : 11-13 June 2013

12 July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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