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- Asylum-seekers 1
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- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
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- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 1
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Fleeing for love: asylum seekers and sexual orientation in Scandinavia
December 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers |
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'You will be sold like a doll': the trafficking of Latvian women into the Danish sex industry,
1 May 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers |
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Circular repatriation: the unsuccessful return and reintegration of Iraqis with refugee status in Denmark
1 October 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers |
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Convention Plus: Targeting Development Assistance to Achieve Durable Solutions for Refugees
17 February 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers |
