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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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Over 300,000 refugees and migrants cross Med so far in 2016

20 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Ethiopia, 31 August 2016

31 August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Ethiopia, 30 June 2016

30 June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR concerned by expulsions from Sudan

2 June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

UNHCR- Factsheet - Egypt, June 2016

June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR concern over high death toll as 204,000 cross Mediterranean in first 5 months of 2016

31 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Mediterranean death toll soars in first 5 months of 2016

31 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Ethiopia, 31 May 2016

31 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Sudan: Refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs and others of concern to UNHCR by State as of 30 April 2016

13 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Slovakia receives 37 Somalis from camps in Eritrea

2 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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