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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 Observations on the draft proposal "Certain stricter conditions for family immigration and limited possibilities for residence permit due to humanitarian reasons" [Utkast till lagrådsremiss: Vissa skärpta villkor för anhöriginvandring och begränsade möjligheter till uppehållstillstånd av humanitära skäl]

28 March 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Comments on the Draft Law of Ukraine on Granting Protection to Foreigners and Stateless Persons

January 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Comments and Recommendations on the Draft Proposed Modifications to the Law No. 274 on Integration of Foreigners in the Republic Of Moldova

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

UNHCR Comments on the Inquiry "Ett Ordnat Mottagande – Gemensamt Ansvar för Snabb Etablering eller Återvändande"

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

UNHCR Observations on the Law Proposal amending the Obligation to Leave and Prohibition on Entry Act, the Law Enforcement Act and the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens

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

Observation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Representation for Northern Europe on the Inquiry "Uppehållstillstånd på grund av praktiska verkställighetshinder och preskription"

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

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Änderung der Verordnung über Zulassung, Aufenthalt und Erwerbstätigkeit (VZAE) und zur Totalrevision der Verordnung über die Integration von Ausländerinnen und Ausländern (VIntA)

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

UNHCR-Analyse des Entwurfs für ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesgesetz über die Verarbeitung von Fluggastdaten zur Vorbeugung, Verhinderung und Aufklärung von terroristischen und bestimmten anderen Straftaten (PNR-Gesetz – PNR-G) erlassen und das Bundeskriminalamt-Gesetz geändert wird

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

UNHCR Comments on the 2018 Law on International and Temporary Protection of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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

UNHCR Observations on the Draft Law 472 SE amending the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens

25 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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