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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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International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update VI

March 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR's Recommendations for the Croatian and German Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU)

9 January 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR's Recommendations for the European Commission's Proposed Pact on Migration and Asylum

January 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Joint Letter on the Strategic Partnership between UNHCR and the Norwegian Refugee Council

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

Guidance on Responding to Irregular Onward Movement of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

September 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

1ère réunion tripartite entre les représentants du Gouvernement d'Angola, du Gouvernement de la République Démocratique du Congo et du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés relative au rapatriement volontaire des réfugiés congolais vivant en Angola dans la Province de Lunda Norte

24 August 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Accord tripartite entre le Gouvernement de la République d'Angola, le Gouvernement de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) et le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) relatif au rapatriement volontaire des réfugiés congolais vivant en Angola dans la Province de Lunda Norte

23 August 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

Améliorer la protection des réfugiés et des apatrides en Belgique et dans le monde: Mémorandum du HCR

August 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda

Améliorer la protection des réfugiés et des apatrides en Belgique et dans le monde: Mémorandum du HCR

August 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda

Améliorer la protection des réfugiés et des apatrides en Belgique et dans le monde: Mémorandum du HCR

August 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda

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