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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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Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2020KuDan17245 before the Seoul Administrative Court

31 August 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

In Yemen, UNHCR reaches embattled Mokha with emergency aid

24 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR gravely concerned by intensified hostilities in Al Mokha affecting Yemeni civilians

11 February 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Q&A: Yemenis face a 'struggle for survival'

20 December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Yemen conflict leaves 2.4 million forcibly displaced

8 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR delivers emergency aid to 1,000 families in the centre of Taizz city

16 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR worried about refugees and displaced people in strife-torn Yemen

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

Yemen clashes kill two refugees and displace thousands

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

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