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's Position on the Detention of Asylum-seekers in Malta
18 September 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
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Guidance Note on bilateral and/or multilateral transfer arrangements of asylum-seekers
May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
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Guidelines on Statelessness No. 3: The Status of Stateless Persons at the National Level
17 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
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Directrices Sobre la Apatridia No. 3: La condición de las personas apátridas a nivel nacional
17 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
