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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 observations to the draft amendments of the Act no. 480/2002 Coll. On Asylum and on Amending and Supplementing of Certain Related Acts

November 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Proposed Rules from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (U.S. Department of Homeland Security): "Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility", "Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements", and "Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants"

21 February 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Representation for Northern Europe: Draft Law Proposal of 5 October 2018 amending the Alien's Act of Finland

23 October 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Estonia: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees observations on the proposed amendments to the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens

February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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