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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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Left Behind: Refugee Education in Crisis

September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Missing Out: Refugee Education in Crisis

September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

No more excuses: Provide education to all forcibly displaced people

May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

No more excuses: Provide education to all forcibly displaced people

May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Education Issue Brief 1: Education and Protection

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Education Issue Brief 2: out-of-School Children in Refugee Settings

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Education Issue Brief 5: Refugee Teacher Management

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Education Issue Brief 3: Cirriculum Choices in Refugee Settings

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Education Issue Brief 4: Including Refugees in National Education Systems

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Education Issue Brief 6: Secondary Education for Refugee Adolescents

July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

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