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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, October – December 2018

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

Campaign Update, July – September 2018

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

Some 13,000 displaced by Ninja clashes in Republic of Congo

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

UNHCR, African host countries agree on final steps to resolve Rwandan refugee situation

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

UNHCR urges CAR to let refugees take part in elections

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

Final voluntary repatriation of DRC refugees from the Republic of Congo

5 August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR completes challenging repatriation of almost 120,000 Congolese refugees

5 August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

As food shortages hit 800,000 African refugees, UNHCR and WFP issue urgent appeal

1 July 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

More than 25,000 refugees return home from Republic of Congo since May

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

UNHCR starts cross-river repatriation of refugees in Republic of Congo

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

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