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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 condemns kidnapping of Congolese refugees by LRA rebels

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

UNHCR condemns massacres in Beni, in DR Congo and calls for humanitarian access

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

UNHCR calls for unhindered humanitarian access to assist displaced persons in CAR

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

Over 100,000 people displaced in Libya over the past three weeks

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

UNHCR Regional Update - Libya Situation, 10-17 August 2014

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

UNHCR condemns deadly attack on displaced people in CAR church

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

The dilemma that faces some female Colombian refugees

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

CAR: UNHCR condemns attack on humanitarian convoy, two dead

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

Refugees fleeing attacks in north eastern Nigeria, UNHCR watching for new displacement

9 May 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

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