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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

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

Broken futures: young Afghan asylum seekers in the UK and on return to their country of origin

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR-Proposed Amendments to Clause 25, Crime and Courts Bill (HL Bill 4)

June 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) v. RT (Zimbabwe), SM (Zimbabwe) and AM (Zimbabwe) (Respondents) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Intervener) - Case for the Intervener

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

Yasser al-Sirri (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) and DD (Afghanistan) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent): UNHCR'S composite case in the two linked appeals

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

Statelessness: UNHCR urges Britain to ensure rights of the stateless

24 November 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Mapping Statelessness in The United Kingdom

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

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

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

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedure Reports -Universal Periodic Review: United Kingdom

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

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