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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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Relevant COI for Assessments on the Availability of an Internal Flight or Relocation Alternative (IFA/IRA) for Yazidis in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I)

March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Refugee Fact Sheet - Refugee Situation in Syria, December 2014

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

UNHCR Position on Returns to Iraq

27 October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

From the horror of the Sinjar region to uncertainty in Athens

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

Displaced at two weeks old, Rahav finds safety in Iraq's newest camp

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

Displaced at two weeks old, Rahav finds safety in Iraq's newest camp

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

UNHCR Syria, In Focus : Fortnightly Update : September

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

The difficult route to safety across Iraq's sun-baked Sinjar mountains

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

Syrian woman gives birth to quintuplets weeks after fleeing Iraq

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

UNHCR in major air, land and sea humanitarian aid push into northern Iraq

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

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