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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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Fighting in Pakistan's North Waziristan region uproots more than 400,000

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

Growing displacement crisis in Pakistan's North Waziristan region

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

Information on displacement caused by recent events in Ramadi and Fallujah, Anbar Governorate, Iraq

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

Civilians continue to flee military offensive in Mali; internal return prospects mixed

1 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Civilians continue to flee military offensive in Mali; internal return prospects mixed

1 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UN refugee agency urgently reinforcing staff and resources for Mali

18 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR concerned as fighting approaches refugee site in South Sudan

9 December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Afghanistan Protection cluster: Protection Overview Eastern and South-Eastern Regions 2010 / 2011

30 November 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR concerned about new restrictions on humanitarian work in Somalia

29 November 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Life-saving work continues in Kenya's Dadaab camps

21 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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