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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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Surging violence in Central African Republic forces 88,000 to flee

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

UNHCR urges suspension of transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary under EU Dublin regulation

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

Northern Triangle of Central America Situation Factsheet (February 2017)

February 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Desperate Journeys

February 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

UNHCR chief appeals for easing of restrictions on movement across contact line in Eastern Ukraine

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

Luhansk residents struggle to resume normal life after Ukraine conflict

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

Syria - Aleppo Governorate - Menbij Sub-district, IDP Tracking (15 Aug 2016)

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

South Sudan fighting sees more refugees fleeing into Uganda than in the first 6 months of 2016

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

Over 26,000 people flee to Uganda to escape uncertainty in South Sudan

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

Hundreds suffer at Hungary-Serbia border

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

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