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

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

UNHCR's Revised Guidelines on Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum-Seekers

26 February 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Principes directeurs du HCR sur les critères et les normes applicables quant à la détention des demandeurs d'asile

26 February 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Directrices del ACNUR sobre los criterios y estándares aplicables con respecto a la detención de solicitantes de asilo

26 February 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

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