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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, January - March 2019

March 2019 | 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

Good Practices Paper - Action 7: Ensuring birth registration for the prevention of statelessness

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

From camp to city, Myanmar returnees grapple with Yangon life

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

Overcoming statelessness in Thailand one case at a time

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

Myanmar refugees pave the way home in pilot return

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

Famed Cambodian refugee camp reopens as educational centre

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

Thousands of stateless people granted nationality in Thailand

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

UNHCR's new biometrics system helps verify 110,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand.

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

UNHCR report shows sharp increase in sea crossings in Bay of Bengal

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

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