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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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Good Practices Paper - Action 1: Resolving Existing Major Situations of Statelessness

16 August 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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

August 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Refugee Movements in Southeast Asia: Searching for Safety

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

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

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

'Refugees' and 'Migrants' - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

31 August 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees covering the period 1 July 2016-30 June 2017

25 September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

The Way Forward to Strengthened Policies and Practices for Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Europe

July 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Community-Based Protection & Mental Health & Psychosocial Support

June 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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