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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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Workshop on Search and rescue of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean: Practitioners' perspectives - Sanremo, 7-9 March 2016

9 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

UNHCR Note 14th Coordination meeting on International Migration, New York. 25-26 February 2016

February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Co-chairs' Summary: International Workshop on the Protection of Irregular Movements of Persons at Sea Jakarta, Indonesia, 21- 22 April 2014

22 April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Co-Chairs' Summary : "Mapping Disembarkation Options: Towards Strengthening Cooperation in Managing Irregular Movements by Sea," 3-4 March 2014 Bangkok, Thailand

4 March 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Background Paper : "Mapping Disembarkation Options: Towards Strengthening Cooperation in Managing Irregular Movements by Sea"

4 March 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Caribbean Regional Conference on the Protection of Vulnerable Persons in Mixed Migration Flows, Promoting Cooperation and Identification of Good Practices : Conference Conclusions

23 May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Caribbean Regional Conference on the Protection of Vulnerable Persons in Mixed Migration Flows - Promoting Cooperation and Identification of Good Practices

23 May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Co-Chairs' Summary: Regional Roundtable on Irregular Movements by Sea in the Asia- Pacific Region

20 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Roundtable on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the Western Balkans: Suggestions for a Comprehensive Regional Approach (10 - 11 December 2013, Vienna, Austria)

February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Summary Conclusions: Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea - how best to respond? Expert Meeting in Djibouti, 8 to 10 November 2011

5 December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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