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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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Nigeria Situation: Operational context map (4 September 2015)

4 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Nigeria Situation: UNHCR Regional Update N°15 (18 August – 4 September 2015)

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

Who's Doing What Where? (Greek-Turkish borders, as of 26 August 2015)

29 August 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR urges humane treatment for refugees, urges collective action on issue

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

UNHCR assists refugees at Greece-FYR Macedonia border, where calm is returning

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

Who's Doing What Where? (Greek - Turkish borders, as of 17 August 2015)

17 August 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

More than 2.25 million now displaced in South Sudan and across its borders

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

Colombia Situation: UNHCR Presence | Key Figures of Colombian Persons of Concern, June 2015

30 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR: Sharp increase in number of Burundian refugees arriving in Rwanda

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

Some 16,000 refugees seek shelter in Cameroon following clashes in north-east Nigeria

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

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