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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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#IBelong Campaign Update, October-December 2022

13 February 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Brief of Amicus Curiae United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Support of Respondents in the case of Arizona et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas

9 February 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statement on the interpretation of Article 5(3) of the EU Qualification Directive regarding subsequent applications for international protection based on sur place religious conversion

3 February 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Guidance Note on the International Protection Needs of People Fleeing Afghanistan (Update I)

February 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR recommendations on flexible approaches to family reunification procedures in Europe

February 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR Policy on Emergency Preparedness and Response 2023

31 January 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Definition: Refugee-led Organization (RLO)

January 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

UNHCR's Recommendations for the Swedish and Spanish Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU)

January 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing Nicaragua

January 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Birth Registration and Statelessness in the Member States of the Southern Africa Development Community

22 December 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

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