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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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UNHCR Comments on the European Commission's Proposal for an Asylum Procedures Regulation

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

UNHCR's Comments on the EU Proposal for a Regulation Establishing the Asylum & Migration Fund (2021 - 2027)

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

UNHCR comments on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the member state responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) - COM (2016) 270

22 December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR comments on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Asylum - COM (2016) 271

December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Observations on the proposed amendments to the Danish Aliens legislation: Høring over udkast til forslag til lov om ændring af udlændingeloven (Ændring af udvisningsreglerne m.v.)

31 October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

ExCom: UNHCR official says criminalizing search for asylum is no answer

6 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Comentarios del ACNUR sobre la Propuesta de la Comisión Europea para la reforma del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por el que se establecen los criterios y mecanismos para la determinación del Estado miembro responsable del examen de una solicitud de protección internacional presentada en uno de los Estados miembros por un nacional de un tercer país o por un apátrida ("Dublín II") (COM(2008) 820, de 3 de diciembre de 2008) y la Propuesta de la Comisión Europea para la reforma del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo al establecimiento del sistema «Eurodac» para el cotejamiento de huellas dactilares para la aplicación efectiva del [Reglamento de Dublín II] (COM(2008) 825, de 3 diciembre de 2008)

18 March 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Comentarios sobre la Comunicación de la Comisión Europea sobre el establecimiento de un Programa Conjunto de Reasentamiento de la Unión Europea y sobre la Propuesta de la Comisión Europea para la enmienda de Decisión Nº 573/2007/EC estableciendo el Fondo Europeo para los Refugiados en el período del 2008 al 2013

November 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Construire une Europe de l'asile : Recommandations de l'UNHCR pour la Présidence française de l'Union européenne (juillet - décembre 2008)

9 June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

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