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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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Helping the most vulnerable in Dadaab

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

Camps in east Ethiopia struggle to cope with influx of Somali refugees

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

UNHCR transfers Somalis to new camp as fresh fighting erupts in Mogadishu

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

UNHCR moves over 3,000 Somali refugees into Ifo Extension site in Kenya

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

Emergency Update: Dollo Ado, Ethiopia

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

East & Horn of Africa Update: Somali Displacement Crisis at a glance

25 July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Somali rape survivor rebuilds life

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

High Commissioner for Refugees concludes mission to crisis-hit Horn of Africa

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

UNHCR concerned about malnutrition levels among new Somali refugees

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

Pressure grows at Dadaab complex amid fresh influx of Somali refugees

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

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