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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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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

Millions of refugees at risk in the Middle East as winter funds dwindle

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

UNHCR Regional Winter Assistance Plan 2017-2018 (Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt)

September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR- Factsheet - Egypt, June 2016

June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR- Factsheet - Egypt, April 2016

April 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Syria And Iraq Situations: Regional Winter Assistance Progress Report, January 2016

January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR flags winter relief operations for refugees

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

UNHCR Regional Winter Progress Report: Syria and Iraq Situation 1 Sep - 1 October 2015 (In Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey)

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

Inter-Agency Regional Update-Syrian Refugees, 19 March 2015

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

Inter-Agency Regional Update-Syrian Refugees, 18 February 2015

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

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