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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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Survivors tell of fights over lifejackets as boat flipped off Egypt

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

Survivors tell of fights over lifejackets as boat flipped off Egypt

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

After a year of restrictions, people in eastern Ukraine face alarming hardships crossing contact line

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

As Mosul offensive approaches, UNHCR planning intensifies

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

Yemen: In-Country Stocks and Pipeline (as of 19 September 2016)

27 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Syria IDP Operations: 2016. Valid as of September 27/09/2016

27 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Greece: Europe Refugee Emergency - Daily map indicating capacity and occupancy (Governmental figures) As of 25 September 2016 08:00 a.m. EET

25 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Nigeria returnees face shelter problems, economic challenges, food shortages

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

Migrant and refugee boat tragedy and irregular departures from Egypt

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

Over 300,000 Burundians have fled to stretched neighbouring countries

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

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