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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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Serving and Protecting Together: IOM/UNHCR Framework of Engagement

30 June 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda of Understanding

IOM-UNHCR Framework document on developing standard operating procedures to facilitate the identification and protection of victims of trafficking

June 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

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

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

In Harm's Way: International Protection in the Context of Nexus Dynamics Between Conflict or Violence and Disaster or Climate Change

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Desperate Journeys; Refugees and migrants entering and crossing Europe via the Mediterranean and Western Balkans routes

August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

As refugee journeys get perilous, UNHCR seeks safer options

18 July 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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