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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's Recommendations for the French and Czech Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU)

January 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Good Practices Paper – Action 6: Establishing Statelessness Determination Procedures to Protect Stateless Persons

July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Options Paper 2: Options for governments on open reception and alternatives to detention (first published 2015, revised version 2020)

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

C'est bien qu'on nous écoute: Intérêt supérieur, accès à une protection et à une solution durable. Expériences et points de vue d'enfants non accompagnés étrangers en France

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

Campaign Update, October – December 2018

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Note du HCR sur le projet de loi pour une immigration maîtrisée et un droit d'asile effectif

5 March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Note du HCR sur le projet de loi pour une immigration maîtrisée et un droit d'asile effectif

5 March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on France: 29th UPR session

January 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

EU Emergency Relocation Mechanism (as of 27 September 2017)

28 September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

EU Emergency Relocation Mechanism (as of 29 August 2017)

29 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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