About Us

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established on 14 December 1950 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 428(V). The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems world-wide. 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 to find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.

 
UNHCR Canberra
UNHCR's Regional Representation is based in Canberra, and is responsible for the promotion and protection of refugee rights in the region which includes Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. The Regional Representation focuses on three key ....
UNHCR Worldwide
UNHCR Canberra is one office in our global network providing vital assistance to refugees and other persons of concern in 116 countries around the world. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee ....
About Refugees
The 1951 Refugee Convention (as broadened by the 1967 Protocol) provides that the term “refugee” shall apply to any person who:   "owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social ....
Contact Us
For inquiries relating to refugee and asylum policy, individual cases, or media/public information in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, please contact UNHCR Regional Office Canberra. Members of the public in Australia who wish to make a donation or have a ....
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Regional Updates

Regional Office Canberra, 10 May 2013 - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has today welcomed the.....
There was no shortage of smiles when young asylum-seekers and refugees from Iran and Afghanistan.....
  GENEVA, March 21 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Thursday announced that new and old.....
CANBERRA, Australia, 28 March 2011 - New report shows Australia continues to receive only 2 per cent.....

UNHCR Regional Office Canberra

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 Pacific, and is focussed on three key areas: legal protection, resettlement and public information.