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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 Somalia

September 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR Guidance Note on the International Protection Needs of People Fleeing Afghanistan

February 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Conclusion of the executive committee on international protection and durable solutions in the context of a public health emergency

October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

UNHCR Note on the "Externalization" of International Protection

28 May 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Annex to UNHCR Note on the "Externalization" of International Protection: Policies and practices related to the externalization of international protection

28 May 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR-IOM-UNICEF Joint Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Greece - UPR 39th Session (2021)

April 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Sudan – UPR 39th Session (2021)

March 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Hungary – UPR 39th Session (2021)

February 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Tanzania – UPR 39th Session (2021)

February 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Thailand – UPR 39th Session (2021)

February 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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