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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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One survivor, 54 die at sea attempting the voyage to Italy from Libya

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

Somali refugee prepares for the long haul in Ethiopia

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

Unable to support themselves, thousands of Somalis flee their homes

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

Somali displaced continue to move, seeking safety and assistance

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

South Korean charity opens a new world to two refugee women

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

UNHCR ready to assist newly displaced in Mogadishu

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

Somali refugee survivors land on Malta beach, 7 reported dead

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

Somali refugees in Ethiopia's Dollo Ado exceed 150,000 as rains hit camps

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

Vulnerable Somalis suffer to reach Libya in search of safety and a future

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

Thousands of Somalis flee renewed clashes into Mogadishu

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

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