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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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Nigeria Situation: Operational context map - 04 Mar 2015

4 March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Love at First Flight: A Nigerian refugee finds shelter and a wife in Chad

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

Nigeria: Emergency situation - 26 Feb 2015

26 February 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Republic of Chad: Reference map with Administrative Borders (02 Mar 2015)

26 February 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Central African Republic Emergency Situation as of 20 February 2015

20 February 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

As violence spills over to countries neighbouring Nigeria, UNHCR calls for urgent humanitarian access to the displaced

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

Thousands of Nigerians flee across Lake Chad with harrowing tales

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

More than 7,000 flee to western Chad to escape attacks on key town in Nigeria

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

UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2014

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

Central African Republic Emergency Situation as of 19 December 2014

19 December 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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