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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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Circular repatriation: the unsuccessful return and reintegration of Iraqis with refugee status in Denmark

1 October 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Convention Plus: Targeting of Development Assistance for Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement. Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs

10 February 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Considerations Relating to Cessation on the Basis of Article 1 C (5) of the 1951 Convention With Regard to Afghan Refugees and Persons Determined in Need of International Protection

29 January 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Resettlement Handbook (country chapters last updated September 2009)

1 November 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Convention Plus: Targeting Development Assistance to Achieve Durable Solutions for Refugees

17 February 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR's Comments on the Draft Bill on amending the Aliens Act, the Marriage Act and other Acts (Ref: 2001/7310-81)

18 March 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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