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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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Vers une Protection Renforcée des Enfants Non Accompagnés et Séparés en Belgique: État des lieux et recommandations

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

Progress Report 2018: A Global Strategy to Support Governments to End the Detention of Asylum-Seekers & Refugees, 2014 - 2019

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

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

C'est bien qu'on nous écoute: Intérêt supérieur, accès à une protection et à une solution durable. Expériences et points de vue d'enfants non accompagnés étrangers en France

13 December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

I want to feel Safe: Strengthening child protection in the initial reception of unaccompanied and separated children in Sweden

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Bridging the Humanitarian-Development Divide for Refugee Children in Eastern Africa and the Great Lakes Region

May 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Technical Note on UNHCR's Engagement in the Implementation of the Protection Mechanisms Established by Security Council Resolutions 1612 and 1960 (MRM and MARA)

January 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Protect Urban Refugee Children: Innovation Challenge Report

2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

"On Their Own Terms"- UNHCR's Youth Initiative Fund: Supporting Youth-led Protection – Summary Report

2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

This is our view: the voices of unaccompanied afghan children in Norway

November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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