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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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UNHCR's oral intervention at the European Court of Human Rights - Hearing of the case Hirsi and Others v. Italy

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

UNHCR calls on States to uphold principles of rescue-at-sea and burden sharing

8 April 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Case of Hirsi and Others v. Italy

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

Italy, Malta receive first boats from Libya, stretching asylum capacity

29 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR calls for action to alleviate humanitarian situation on Lampedusa

22 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Boat arrivals on Lampedusa

15 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR helps Italy cope with high seas influx of thousands of Tunisians

15 February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR urges EU and FRONTEX to ensure access to asylum procedures, amid sharp drop in arrivals via the Mediterranean

10 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Hirsi and Others v. Italy

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

Written Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Case of Sharifi and others v Italy and Greece (Application No. 16643/09)

October 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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