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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 Submission on Finland : UPR 27th Session

August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on India : UPR 27th Session

August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

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

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

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

Legal considerations on the return of asylum-seekers and refugees from Greece to Turkey as part of the EU-Turkey Cooperation in Tackling the Migration Crisis under the safe third country and first country of asylum concept

23 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Family Reunion in the United Kingdom (UK) - Briefing Paper

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

UNHCR concerned about the conditions of refugees and migrants in Calais and Dunkerque, in particular children

5 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

In Search of Solutions: Addressing Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

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

Comments by the UNHCR Regional Representation for Northern Europe on the draft Law Proposal amending the Aliens Act and some other laws of the Republic of Finland

January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR RSD Procedural Standards - Legal Representation in UNHCR RSD Procedures

2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

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