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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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 7,092 people in 124 countries continues to help 35.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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Myanmar: Displaced Population per Township (POO-Camp Profile Round_4), Kachin and Shan (North), as of 14 Dec 2015

14 December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Myanmar: Displaced Population per Village Tract (POO-Camp Profile Round_4), Kachin and Shan (North), as of 14 Dec 2015

14 December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Ongoing Myanmar conflict traps villagers in crossfire

28 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Kachins chat about the challenges of displacement over the air waves

29 May 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Kachin State General Map

10 March 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Inter-agency mission distributes vital aid to 2,000 ethnic Kachin in northern Myanmar

1 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Thousands flee homes in northern Myanmar as fighting intensifies

28 September 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR concerned about welfare of Kachins sent back from China

7 September 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR delivers aid to thousands in Myanmar's remote Kachin state

26 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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