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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

Recommendations by UNHCR concerning the execution of the Grand Chamber judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Hirsi Jamaa and others v. Italy (Judgment of 23 February 2012, Application No. 27765/09)

5 September 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

One survivor, 54 die at sea attempting the voyage to Italy from Libya

11 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

One survivor, 54 die at sea attempting the voyage to Italy from Libya

10 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Recommendations on Important Aspects of Refugee Protection in Italy

July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Mediterranean takes record as most deadly stretch of water for refugees and migrants in 2011

31 January 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Boat tragedy off Moroccan coast, 4 dead, several boats rescued off Maltese, Italian and Libyan coasts

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

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

European states urged to commit to quality in asylum procedures

21 September 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Further Developing Asylum Quality in the EU (FDQ): Summary Project Report

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

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