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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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The internal Flight Alternative Practices. A UNHCR Research Study in Central European Countries

June 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Regional Reports

A third of refugees in Poland may be homeless

20 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Being a refugee: How refugees and asylum-seekers experience life in Central Europe

3 January 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Annual 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: Poland

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: Poland

November 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Concluding Observations

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

Improving Access to Education for Asylum-seeker, Refugee Children and Adolescents in Central Europe

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

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports) - Universal Periodic Review: Poland

19 November 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries

Background Note on the Protection of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Poland

4 October 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

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