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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 Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan July 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Protracted Refugee Situations. High Commissioner's Initiative December 2008

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Situations de réfugiés prolongées. Initiative du Haut Commissaire December 2008

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Afghanistan 3 November 2008

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries

Map of Estimated Population - 2012 - 2013 and Expected Refugee Returnees - 2009 - 2013 to Selected Areas/districts - Afghanistan, Scenario III (400,000 and 600,000 Returnees) November 2008

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Map of Estimated Population - 2012 - 2013 and Expected Refugee Returnees - 2009 - 2013 to Selected Areas/districts - Afghanistan, Scenario II (600,000 - 800,000 Returnees) November 2008

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Map of Estimated Population - 2012 - 2013 and Expected Refugee Returnees - 2009 - 2013 to Selected Areas/districts - Afghanistan, Scenario I (800,000 - 100, 000,000 Returnees) November 2008

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Map of Assisted Voluntary Repatriation to Afghanistan: Return by Province of Destination - 02 March 2002 - 31 October 2008 November 2008

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Map of Afghanistan Estimated Population - 2008 - 2009 and Assisted Returnees - 2002 - 2008 November 2008

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Afghanistan Security Update Relating to Complementary Forms of Protection 6 October 2008

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers


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