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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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Despite limited access, UNHCR delivers shelter and core relief items to 56,000 people in eight governorates in May and June

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

UNHCR Syria In Focus - Issue 10 of 2015

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

More than 100,000 flee homes in South Sudan to escape fighting and food shortages

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

Ukraine: Protection Strategy, June 2015

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

UNHCR concerned at obstacles facing thousands fleeing Ramadi

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

Thousands flee Palmyra, UNHCR steps up aid

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

Ban condemns escalated fighting in South Sudan, deplores deaths of civilians in UN camp

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

Refugee numbers soar, as uncertainty in Burundi continues

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

Yemen Situation - UNHCR Crisis Update #3

1 May 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UN: Central African Republic at risk of becoming the world's largest forgotten humanitarian crisis

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

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