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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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Overview on UNHCR's operations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

UNHCR's proposals in light of the EU response to the refugee crisis and the EU package of 9 September 2015

10 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Responsibility to Respond to Internal Displacement in the ECOWAS Region: Case Studies of Cote D'Ivoire, Liberia and Nigeria

March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in the Middle East and North Africa

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

Update on UNHCR's operations in Europe

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

Inter-Agency Regional Response for Syrian Refugees (28 February - 6 March 2014)

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

Central African Republic Situation: External Regional Update #3 - 13-19 February 2014

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

Central African Republic Situation: Regional Update - 7 to February 2014 #2

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

Central African Situation: Regional Update (External) - December 2013/6 February 2014

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

Inter-Agency Regional Response for Syrian Refugees (17-23 January 2014)

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

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