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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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Comments by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representation for Northern Europe to the Finnish Ministry of the Interior on the draft National Programme for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2014 – 2020

May 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Speaking for Ourselves: Hearing Refugee Voices, A Journey Towards Empowerment

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

Comments by the UNHCR Regional Representation for Northern Europe on the Finnish Government's draft proposal on amendments to the Aliens Act and the Act on the Treatment of Detained Aliens and the Detention Unit

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

Comments by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the Memorandum of 6 December 2013, proposing Criminalization of Refugee Espionage

February 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Comments by the UNHCR Regional Representation for the Baltic and Nordic Countries on the Finnish Government's draft proposal on amendments to the Aliens Act

18 June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter - Finland

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Comments by the UNHCR Regional Representation for the Baltic and Nordic Countries on the Finnish Ministry of Justice's proposal for amendments to the Criminal Code's provision on Arrangement of Illegal Immigration

28 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedure Reports - Universal Periodic Review: Finland

November 2011 | 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: Finland

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

Protectors, Providers, Survivors: A Dialogue with Refugee Women In Finland

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

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