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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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Rwanda: Population of Concern to UNHCR (as of 31st October 2017)

31 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Renewed violence in CAR drives record levels of displacement

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

Central African Republic Situation, Regional Situation Update: August 2017

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

Mali Situation: Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees as of 31 July 2017

31 July 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

CAR violence driving more refugees into northern DRC, local communities stretched to cope

18 July 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

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

Democratic Republic of Congo: Central African Refugees (Situation as of April 30, 2017)

30 April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

South Sudan's refugee crisis now world's fastest growing

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

Mali: Refugees, returnees and Internally displaced populations - 31 January 2017

31 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Democratic Republic of Congo: Central African Refugees Situation as of December 31, 2016

25 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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