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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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Myanmar: Displaced Population per Village Tract (POO-Camp Profile Round 3), as of 22 Jun 2015

22 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

15 conflicts have erupted or reignited in the past 5 years, displacing tens of millions (18 Jun 2015)

18 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

South-east Asia: Mixed Maritime Movements

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

Kachins chat about the challenges of displacement over the air waves

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

Some 200 people brought ashore in Myanmar

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

After long ordeal at sea, Rohingya find humanity in Indonesia

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

UNHCR alarmed at reports of boat pushbacks in South-east Asia

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

UNHCR report shows sharp increase in sea crossings in Bay of Bengal

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

Forced Migration and the Myanmar Peace Process

February 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2014

January 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

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