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'Red Sea' : An Australian Artist delighted to use her work to help refugees.One of the six cards designed by Edwina White. For more story click here

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is an impartial, non-political humanitarian organisation mandated by the United Nations to protect refugees and seek ways to help them restart their lives.

UNHCR's Regional Office in Canberra covers Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific, and provides legal, resettlement and information services.


LATEST UPDATES:

Submission by UNHCR: Inquiry into Migration Treatment of People with a Disability - October 2009

A joint Workshop hosted by UNHCR and Fiji Immigration Department - 29 October 2009

Submission by UNHCR: Inquiry into Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2009 - 30 September 2009

Submission by the UNHCR: Inquiry into Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009 - 5 August 2009

Simplistic Labels Not Enough on Climate Change - UNHCR 08 August 2009

42 million Real People in UNHCR Figures - 16 June 2009

World Refugee Day 20th June highlights Real People, Real Needs in Australia - 14 June 2009

World Refugee Day highlights Real people, Real Needs in New Zealand - 14 June 2009




How you can help
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Emergency in Sri Lanka

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World Refugee Day
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Book a refugee speaker

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unhcr refugee newsletter
Regional Office Newsletter, No 1/2010

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Global Trends , 2008

16 June 2009 (pdf)

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Emergency Response
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Click here for UNHCR's
latest Guidelines on International Protection

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The 1951 Refugee Convention

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