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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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Birth Registration and Statelessness in the Member States of the Southern Africa Development Community

22 December 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Southern African Development Community Road map on the eradication of statelessness 2022 - 2024

19 August 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

UNHCR: Gender Equality Promising Practices Syrian Refugees in the Middle East and North Africa

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

Desperate Journeys – July to September 2017

23 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional 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

Mixed Movements in South-East Asia 2016

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

Desperate Journeys

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

Overview on UNHCR's operations Regional update - Europe

28 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in Africa

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Overview of UNHCR's operations in the Americas

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

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