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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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Child Labour within the Syrian Refugee Response: A Regional Strategic Framework for Action

September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Southern Turkey: Shelter/NFI cluster-beneficiaries reached in October 2016 (Sub-district level)

30 November 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Protection Working Group Southern Turkey - Syria, November 2015

30 November 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Turkey - UNHCR Operational Update, 3-14 November 2014

14 November 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Protection Working Group Southern Turkey - Syria, October 2014

31 October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Protection of Refugee Children in the Middle East and North Africa

October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

External update on influx of Syrian refugees - UNHCR Representation in Turkey, 30 September 2014

30 September 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

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