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UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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. Today, a staff of around 6,689 people in 116 countries continues to help 20.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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Too Much Pain: Female Genital Mutilation & Asylum in the European Union - A Statistical Overview

February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Statistics

Note du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés relative à l'évaluation des demandes d'asile introduites par des femmes

14 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

As Syria crisis continues, UNHCR urges EU states to uphold Common Asylum System principles

16 October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Mapping Statelessness in Belgium

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Mapping Statelessness in Belgium - Summary Report

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Defence for Children International (DCI) v. Belgium

13 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Avis du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés relatif à l'application des concepts de 'pays de résidence habituelle' ou 'alternative réelle d'établissement' dans le cadre de l'examen de demandes d'asile de personnes qui ont une nationalité mais qui ont ou qui pourraient avoir obtenu une protection dans un autre pays

May 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Avis du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés relatif à l'évaluation des demandes d'asile de personnes ayant des besoins particuliers et en particulier de personnes qui ont subi des tortures, des viols ou d'autres formes graves de violence psychologique, physique ou sexuelle

May 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries: Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries

18 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Thematic Reports

Brussels municipality assists homeless Roma asylum-seekers

17 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

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