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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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EU Emergency Relocation Mechanism (as of 27 September 2017)

28 September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees covering the period 1 July 2016-30 June 2017

25 September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Yemen: assisted spontaneous returns for Somali refugees begins

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

UNHCR shocked over Burundians deaths in DRC, calls for investigation

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

Mauritania - UNHCR Operational Update, As of 15 September 2017

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

Libya UNHCR Flash Update, 4 - 14 September 2017

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

Australia should not coerce vulnerable people to return to harm

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

Turkey: Provincial Annual Change in Non-Syrian Refugees and Asylum-Seekers registered with UNHCR (as of 01 August 2017)

11 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR Preliminary Legal Observations on the Seizure and Search of Electronic Devices of Asylum-Seekers

4 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Turkey: Provincial Breakdown Non-Syrian Refugees and Asylum-Seekers registered with UNHCR (as of 01 August 2017)

4 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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