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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 Work of the Refugee Protection Division in the International Context", Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection, UNHCR, at the Immigration and Refugee Board, Refugee Protection Division National Training Seminar (Toronto, Canada, January 28-30, 2008)
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28 January 2008
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Speeches/Statements
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Country Operations Plan 2008-2009 Canada
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1 September 2007
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Country Operations Plans
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Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter: Canada
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March 2007
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Handbooks/Manuals
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UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - Canada
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1 September 2005
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Country Operations Plans
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Resettlement Handbook (country chapters last updated September 2009)
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1 November 2004
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Handbooks/Manuals
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UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2004 - Canada
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1 September 2003
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Country Operations Plans
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Statelessness in Canadian Context. A Discussion Paper
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July 2003
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Resettlement and Convention Plus Initiatives
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18 June 2003
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Legal Analyses/Commentaries
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Initiative sur la réinstallation et initiative de la Convention Plus
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18 June 2003
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Legal Analyses/Commentaries
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UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2003 - Canada
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1 September 2002
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Country Operations Plans
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