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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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Survey of Afghan refugees in Pakistan will help plot future course

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

Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries: Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries

18 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Pakistan floodwaters recede, urgent humanitarian needs remain

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

UNHCR and Pakistan government launch major survey on Afghan refugees

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

The Digest: The Newsletter of the Global Protection Cluster

August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

One year after Pakistan floods, humanitarian efforts for victims continue

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

UNHCR steps up aid as tens of thousands displaced in Pakistan's border area

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

UNHCR scales up aid to thousands fleeing Pakistan's latest conflict zone

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

Three years after fleeing conflict, thousands in Pakistan return home

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

38,000 internally displaced head home from Pakistan's Jalozai camp

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

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