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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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Recommendations to Malta and Estonia for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union

December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Union Resettlement Framework and amending Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council UNHCR's Observations and Recommendations

November 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Recommendations to the Slovak Republic for its Presidency of the Council of the EU July - December 2016

July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Stabilizing the situation of refugees and migrants in Europe - Proposals to the Meeting of EU Heads of State or Government and Turkey on 7 March 2016

3 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Updated Recommendations to The Netherlands for its Presidency of the Council of the EU January - June 2016

January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR's recommendations to Luxembourg and the Netherlands for the EU Presidency

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

The CEAS at a Crossroads: Consolidation and Implementation at a Time of New Challenges: UNHCR's Recommendations to Latvia for the EU Presidency (January - June 2015)

January 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Consolidating the CEAS: innovative approaches after the Stockholm Programme? UNHCR's recommendations to Italy for the EU Presidency July - December 2014

24 June 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Moving forward on asylum and international protection in the EU's interests: UNHCR's Recommendations to Greece for the EU Presidency (January - June 2014)

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR Provisional Comments and Recommendations On the Draft Amendments to the Law on Asylum and Refugees

4 December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

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