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Welcome to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website for the Dominican Republic. UNHCR is a humanitarian agency created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1950. As a part of the United Nations System, we implement the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, a universal call for action to end poverty, protect the planet, and improve the lives and perspectives of people around the world.
- UNHCR leads international action to protect persons in situations of forced displacement and fled their homes due to conflict and persecution
- UNHCR works to guarantee that stateless and at-risk of statelessness persons have a nationality solution
UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
All UNHCR and partner services are free of charge.
We have created this website to share information regarding our and our partners’ work in the Dominican Republic.
This page will be updated periodically.