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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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UNHCR concerned by violence at Greek border, calls for improved security

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

New Balkan border restrictions untenable

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

Access through Rafah Border Crossing the Gaza Strip

November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Refugees face long cold and wet night at crowded Balkan border crossings

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

Onward Movement Of Asylum-seekers And Refugees: Discussion paper prepared for the Expert Roundtable on Onward Movement

25 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Over 1,000 people wait for buses at Bapska border crossing between Croatia and Serbia

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

Thousands of refugees fleeing war cross into Croatia triggering sad memories of own recent past

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

UNHCR statement ahead of EU Council of Interior Ministers Meeting

13 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

At Serbian border, flow of refugees continued unabated into Hungary

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

The CEAS at a Crossroads: Consolidation and Implementation at a Time of New Challenges: UNHCR's Recommendations to Latvia for the EU Presidency (January - June 2015)

January 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

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