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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-Stellungnahme zum Entwurf der Allgemeinen Verwaltungsvorschriften zum Aufenthaltsgesetz, Freizügigkeitsgesetz-EU und Ausländerzentralregistergesetz

13 January 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zu Maßnahmen zur Beschränkung der Wohnsitzfreiheit von Flüchtlingen und subsidiär geschützten Personen

July 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Prise de position du HCR sur le besoin de protection en Allemagne des réfugiés d'origine arménienne en provenance de l'Azerbaïdjan (UNHCR)

March 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zum Gesetzentwurf der Bundesregierung für ein Zuwanderungsgesetz, BR-Drucks. 22/03 vom 16.01.2003

February 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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