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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.

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UNHCR Observations on the "Proposed Amendments to the Finnish Citizenship Act"

12 November 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Observations on the proposed amendments to the Finnish Aliens Act Hallituksen esitys eduskunnalle laiksi ulkomaalaislain muuttamisesta

24 September 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR's Recommendations for the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU)

June 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Options Paper 1: Options for governments on care arrangements and alternatives to detention for children and families (first published 2015, revised version 2019)

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

Observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Representation for Northern Europe: Draft Law Proposal of 5 October 2018 amending the Alien's Act of Finland

23 October 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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

EU Emergency Relocation Mechanism As of 31 July 2017

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

UNHCR Observations on the draft Law Proposal for an Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration

15 June 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

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