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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 Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Sweden – UPR 35th Session (2019)

July 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

I want to feel Safe: Strengthening child protection in the initial reception of unaccompanied and separated children in Sweden

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Au coeur des faits : évaluation de la crédibilité des demandes d'asile présentées par les enfants au sein de l'Union européenne

June 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Observations by the UNHCR Regional Representation for Northern Europe on the Inquiry "Barnkonventionen blir svensk lag" SOU 2016:19

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

This Is Who We Are – A study of the profile, experiences and reasons for flight of unaccompanied and separated children from Afghanistan seeking asylum in Sweden in 2015

October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

This Is Who We Are Part 2 – Documentation of the secondary findings from the profiling survey of unaccompanied Afghan children arriving to Sweden in 2015

October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Profiling Study of Unaccompanied or Separated Afghan Children Arriving in Sweden in 2015

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

The Heart of the Matter - Assessing Credibility when Children Apply for Asylum in the European Union

December 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

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