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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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SPCP - Thailand Update

March 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Refugee Consultations - Bangladesh

March 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

SPCP - Southern Caucasus Update

1 January 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

SPCP - Tanzania Update

January 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

La protection des réfugiés et les mouvements migratoires mixtes: Un plan d'action en dix points

January 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: A 10-Point Plan of Action

January 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

‘A violation of his or her human security' New grounds for the recognition of refugee status: a proposal for reform

31 December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Developing history curricula to support multi-ethnic civil society among Burmese refugees and migrants

20 December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

SPCP - Thailand Update

December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

In the absence of the humanitarian gaze: refugee camps after dark

1 December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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