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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 Guidance Note on the International Protection Needs of People Fleeing Afghanistan

February 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Afghans dream of stepping out of the shadows with Pakistan ID scheme

21 July 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Afghanistan - Volrep and Border Monitoring Monthly Update, 01 January—31 December 2015

31 December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR urges Sri Lanka to stop deportations and provide protection to refugees and asylum-seekers

12 September 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR intervention before the Court of Justice of the European Union in joined cases of NS and ME and Others

28 June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR intervention before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the cases of N.S. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department in United Kingdom and M.E. and Others v. Refugee Application Commissioner and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in Ireland

1 February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Tripartites Abkommen zwischen dem Schweizerischen Bundesrat, der Regierung der Islamischen Republik Afghanistan und dem UN-Flüchtlingshochkommissariat (UNHCR)

5 October 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

Accord tripartite entre le Conseil fédéral suisse, le Gouvernement de la République islamique d'Afghanistan et le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR)

5 October 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

Real-time evaluation of UNHCR's response to the Afghanistan emergency: Bulletin No. 3

31 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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