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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 Position on Safe and Legal Pathways

8 February 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR's recommendations for the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya during visit of UNHCR head

19 June 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya during visit of UNHCR head

19 June 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya during visit of UNHCR head

19 June 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR's Recommendations to the Federal Republic of Austria for its Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU)

June 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR Submission on Bangladesh: 30th UPR session

May 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Luxembourg: 29th UPR session

January 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR seeking 1,300 urgent resettlement places for vulnerable refugees in Libya

11 December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR's recommendations to Bulgaria for its Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) - A time for solidarity - January – June 2018

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

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