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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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Eritrean family leaves Tunisia border camp for new life in Belgium

20 July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Growing numbers of unaccompanied minors seek asylum in Belgium

2 May 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Soumission du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) pour la compilation établie par le Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l'homme - Examen périodique universel: Belgique

November 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR's oral intervention at the European Court of Human Rights Hearing of the case M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece, Strasbourg, September 1, 2010

1 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece

June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - BENELUX

1 September 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2003 - Belgium

1 September 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2002 - Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and the European Institutions

1 December 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

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