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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 Democratic Republic of the Congo: 33rd UPR Session

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Portugal: 33rd UPR Session

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Costa Rica: 33rd UPR Session

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status and Guidelines on International Protection Under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

April 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Progress Report 2018: A Global Strategy to Support Governments to End the Detention of Asylum-Seekers & Refugees, 2014 - 2019

February 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Guide des Procédures et Critères à Appliquer Pour Déterminer le Statut de Réfugié et Principes Directeurs Sur la Protection Internationale

February 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Joint Letter from IOM and UNHCR on the Collaboration Between the two Organizations

25 January 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Eritrean, Guinean and Sudanese Refugees and Migrants in Italy

January 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Refugees and Migrants Arriving in Spain

January 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Ukraine Operational Update (January 2019)

January 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

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