What is the mission of UNHCR?
UNHCR’s primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. In its efforts to achieve this objective, UNHCR strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, and to return home voluntarily.
What services does UNHCR?
Our help transforms broken lives.
- Protection. We work to protect the most vulnerable.
- Shelter. We provide shelter to those who need it most.
- Advocacy. Advocacy helps to transform policies and services that affect displaced people.
- Health.
- Safeguarding Individuals.
How do I apply for UNHCR refugee status?
If you have just arrived and want to register with UNHCR for asylum, you should get in touch with either UNHCR or one of our partners, depending on your location: New Delhi: 1800 103 5635, +919810173130 | [email protected]. Goa/ Maharashta: +91 020-26699460 |[email protected].
What UNHCR means?
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR stands for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, also known as the UN Refugee Agency. It was created in 1950 to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes during the Second World War.
What is the full meaning of UNHCR?
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes.
Is UNHCR a government agency?
UNHCR maintains strategic partnerships with more than 900 partners including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governmental institutions and United Nations agencies.
Who is eligible for resettlement?
They must fit into one of the seven resettlement categories which are: woman and girls at risk, legal and/or physical protection needs, survivors of torture and/or violence, medical needs, lack of foreseeable alternative durable solutions, family reunification and children and adolescents at risk.
How can I apply for resettlement?
How to become a resettlement refugee. You have to contact the local field office of the UNHCR (external website). The UNHCR will first consider whether or not you are a refugee. They will also consider if you can return to your home country, or continue to stay in the country you are in now.
How many countries are members of UNHCR?
As of 31 May 2018, we work in 128 countries, employing 11,517 staff members, of whom around 87 per cent are based in the field.
Who controls UNHCR?
the UN General Assembly
UNHCR is governed by the UN General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The UNHCR Executive Committee approves the agency’s biennial programmes and the corresponding budget.
How can I contact UNHCR resettlement?
The Resettlement Support Center (RSC) works for the Government of the United States of America and helps refugees to complete resettlement applications for consideration by United States officials. You can contact the Resettlement Support Centre by calling +60321415846 or emailing them at [email protected].
What is UNHCR’s work in Pakistan?
In 2018, UNHCR’s work in Pakistan includes working with the authorities to give refugees access to health and education services, strengthening social cohesion between refugees and their host communities and helping refugees who decide voluntarily to return home.
What does the United Nations do for refugees?
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Figures at a Glance. The High Commissioner.
How many children will UNICEF help this year in Pakistan?
This year we will help some 54,000 children to enrol in primary schools and continue to ensure the rights of registered Afghan refugees are protected. For information about our work in Pakistan: Information for refugees and asylum-seekers in Pakistan – help.unhcr.org