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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Student returns to Somalia with dream of becoming a doctor
3 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Love of family, country draw first refugees back to Somalia from Kenya
9 December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Tripartite Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Kenya, the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Governing the Voluntary Repatriation of Somali Refugees Living in Kenya, 2013
10 November 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements |
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Map of Africa: Total population of concern to UNHCR by country of asylum and category, end-2008
25 September 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps |
