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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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Country of Origin Information on the Situation in the Gaza Strip, Including on Restrictions on Exit and Return

23 February 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon 2016

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

Integration of refugees in Estonia - Participation and Empowerment

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

Study on the Socio-Economic Situation of Refugees, Humanitarian Status Holders and Asylum-Seekers in Georgia

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

Thailand: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Thailand – UPR 25th Session (2016)

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

Internal Displacement and Humanitarian Situation in the Gaza Strip

November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Belarus: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Belarus – UPR 22nd Session (2015)

May 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Qatar: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Qatar – UPR 19th Session (2014)

April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report – Universal Periodic Review: Afghanistan

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Afghanistan Protection Cluster: Protection Overview (Southern Region 2010)

8 February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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