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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Lake Chad Basin Regional Protection Dialogue - Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 - Remarks by Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
8 June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements |
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UNHCR condemns attack on displaced in western Chad, pledges continued help
13 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria force 13,000 to flee to Cameroon
11 November 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Nigeria crisis: border insecurity hampers relocation of refugees to camp in Cameroon
31 October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Recent Attacks in Nigeria prompt new refugees to Cameroon, more continue to arrive
2 September 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
