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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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UNHCR Afghanistan Update on Volrep and Border Monitoring

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

Registered refugees/asylum seekers in Iraq - End 2012

31 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Update #4: Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their international protection needs

13 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR Afghanistan Update on Volrep and Border Monitoring

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Profiles

Afghan returns pass 50,000 in first eight months, up on last year

30 August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Global Report 2011, Iran

June 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

Update #3: Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their refugee status claims

28 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness

8 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

In Iran, UNHCR project provides comfort to troubled refugee youth

27 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Update #2: Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their refugee status claims

1 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

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