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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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Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Adjacent Areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Affected by Ongoing Conflict and Violence – Update II

September 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR Position on Returns to South Sudan - Update II

April 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR Position on Returns to Libya - Update II

September 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Country of Origin Information on the Situation in the Gaza Strip, Including on Restrictions on Exit and Return

23 February 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of asylum-seekers from Guatemala

January 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

How Night-Time Street Lighting Affects Refugee Communities

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

International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update V

3 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

DRC violence drives more than 3,300 Congolese into Zambia in a month

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

Côte d'Ivoire - COI Compilation

31 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Central African Republic Regional Situation, Internal Displacement and Refugee Movements (as of 31 July 2017)

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

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