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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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Refugee Movements in Southeast Asia: Searching for Safety

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

Eritrean, Guinean and Sudanese Refugees and Migrants in Italy

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

Refugees and Migrants Arriving in Spain

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

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Protection at Sea - Background Paper

11 November 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Compilation thématique des conclusions du Comité exécutif

March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

The treatment of persons rescued at sea : conclusions and recommendations from recent meetings and expert round tables convened by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees : report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

11 April 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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