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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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Onward Movement Of Asylum-seekers And Refugees: Discussion paper prepared for the Expert Roundtable on Onward Movement

25 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Roundtable on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the Western Balkans: Suggestions for a Comprehensive Regional Approach (10 - 11 December 2013, Vienna, Austria)

February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

10-Point Plan Expert Round Table No. 2: "Different People, Different Needs" (Tunis, Tunisia, 6-8 July 2009). Summary Report

29 September 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Conférence régionale sur la protection des réfugiés et les migrations internationales en Afrique de l'Ouest (Dakar, Sénégal, 13-14 novembre 2008). Rapport sommaire

15 April 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in West Africa (Dakar, Senegal, 13-14 November 2008). Summary Report

5 March 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

10-Point Plan Expert Round Table No. 1: "Controlling Borders While Ensuring Protection" (Geneva, 20-21 November 2008). Summary Report

December 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the Gulf of Aden (Sana'a, Yemen, 19-20 May 2008). Summary Report

July 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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