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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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Campaign Update, April - June 2019

July 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Campaign Update, October – December 2018

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR concern at increasing murders of local leaders in Colombia

17 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

As asylum applications by Venezuelans soar, UNHCR steps up response

14 July 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR welcomes Ecuador's new Human Mobility Law

13 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR chief highlights Ecuador's commitment to solutions for refugees

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

Solutions for Colombia's displaced key to peace, UNHCR chief

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

Home at last for Colombians as settlement declared legal

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

UNHCR welcomes definitive bilateral ceasefire in Colombia

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

Syrian refugee serves up a taste of home in Colombia

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

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