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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. UNHCR now has more than 16,803 personnel and work in a total of 134 countries to help 70.8 million persons.

 Website: www.unhcr.org
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UNHCR steps up response as 130,000 Syrian refugees cross into Turkey

22 September 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Regional Update- Libya Situation, 8 – 14 September 2014

14 September 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Recent Attacks in Nigeria prompt new refugees to Cameroon, more continue to arrive

2 September 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Needs soar as number of Syrian refugees tops 3 million

29 August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

From Iraq into Syria - Update 1-18 August 2014

18 August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

CAR refugees attacked as they flee to Cameroon

11 April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Thousands flee violence in Central African Republic and seek shelter in in southern Chad

17 February 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Syrians fleeing fighting in Qalamoun stream into Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

22 November 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Thousands of Syrians flee into Iraq's Kurdistan region, major influx continuing

20 August 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Large influx of Syrians seen into Iraq's Kurdistan region on Thursday

16 August 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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