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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 shocked and saddened by civilian deaths in Taizz, Yemen

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

Displaced by war, Yemenis face hardship and hunger

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

UNHCR braces for further displacement as Yemen conflict intensifies

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

Conflict pushes displaced Yemenis to the brink

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

New Arrivals in Yemen Comparison 2013 - 2016 (As of 31 May 2016)

31 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Iraqi national flees for second time as bombs rain on adopted home of Yemen

22 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Yemen: UNHCR Regional Update - Yemen Situation #13 (10 July 2015)

10 July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Almost 320,000 civilians flee Somalia this year, including 20,000 to Yemen

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

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