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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's Recommendations for the European Commission's Proposed Pact on Migration and Asylum

January 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR's recommendations for the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Updated recommendations to the Republic of Estonia for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union - July - December 2017

June 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Consolidating the CEAS: innovative approaches after the Stockholm Programme? UNHCR's recommendations to Italy for the EU Presidency July - December 2014

24 June 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR Provisional Comments and Recommendations On the Draft Amendments to the Law on Asylum and Refugees

4 December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Moving forward on asylum and international protection in the EU's interests - UNHCR's recommendations to Greece for the EU Presidency January - June 2014

December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

"Ensuring protection in Europe" UNHCR's Recommendations to Lithuania for the EU Presidency

July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR's Recommendations to Poland for its EU Presidency, July-December 2011

June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Building a Europe of Asylum: UNHCR's Recommendations to France for its European Union Presidency (July - December 2008)

9 June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

The Hague Programme two years on: UNHCR's Recommendations to the German Presidency of the European Union (January-June 2007)

December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

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