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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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Campaign Update, January 2021 - March 2021

15 April 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Campaign Update, July 2020 - September 2020

14 October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Campaign Update, April 2020 - June 2020

16 July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Campaign Update, July 2017

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

Russia: Rights Activist Facing Charges

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

A warm welcome for displaced Ukrainians in Russia's Rostov region

31 October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Russia speeds up asylum procedures as Ukrainian influx continues

21 August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Ukrainians in Russia worry about their future

11 August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Angolan refugee successfully integrates in Russia

6 May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

The UN Refugee Agency condemns refoulement of a refugee to Russian Federation

17 August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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