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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 7,092 people in 124 countries continues to help 35.8 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

Informal Meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council Dublin, 17 January 2013

17 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Germany

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

Ex-refugees at Strasbourg meet tell of discrimination in finding work

27 September 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

We Have Arrived: A Dialogue with Young Refugees in Germany

December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

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

UNHCR statement on religious persecution and the interpretation of Article 9(1) of the EU Qualification Directive

17 June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Schreiben an das Bundesverfassungsgericht

20 May 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Stellungnahme an das Bundesverfassungsgericht im Verfahren 1 BvL 10/10

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

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