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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Echoes From Syria Issue 11 - April 2015
April 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates |
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UNHCR alarm at new reported atrocities against displaced Congolese
3 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Trafficking for sexual exploitation: victim protection in international and domestic asylum law
April 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers |
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Conference puts focus on human trafficking, fastest growing criminal industry
11 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries |
