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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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UNHCR-Empfehlungen zur Unterbringung von Asylsuchenden in Bundesasylzentren

August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Resettlement and Other Admission Pathways for Syrian Refugees

30 April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zum direkten Gegenentwurf des Bundesrates zur Volksinitiative «Raus aus der Sackgasse! Verzicht auf die Wiedereinführung von Zuwanderungskontingenten»

March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zum Entwurf für Anpassungen des Bundesgesetzes über die Ausländerinnen und Ausländer (AuG) vom Oktober 2016 - Ergänzende Informationen zur Beendigung der Flüchtlingseigenschaft gemäss Artikel 1 C Ziff. 1 des Abkommens vom 28. Juli 1951 über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge bei Reisen ins Heimatland

March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Submission on Switzerland : 28th UPR session

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

Resettlement and Other Admission Pathways for Syrian Refugees

31 December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zum Entwurf für Anpassungen des Bundesgesetzes über die Ausländerinnen und Ausländer (AuG) („Verfahrensnormen und Informationssysteme")

October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Europe's Refugee Emergency Response - Update #29, (19 July – 8 August 2016)

8 August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Europe's Refugee Emergency Response - Update #28, (21 June - 18 July 2016)

18 July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Eidgenössischen Volksinitiative „Zur Durchsetzung der Ausschaffung krimineller Ausländer (Durchsetzungsinitiative)"

January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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