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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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Country of Origin Information on the Situation in the Gaza Strip, Including on Restrictions on Exit and Return

23 February 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Mid-Term Evaluation of UNHCR Graduation Programme in Egypt - Final Report

21 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Syrian refugee women who head their households

31 May 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Information For Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Egypt

April 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Profiles

Gaps in Geneva, gaps on the ground: case studies of Somalis displaced to Kenya and Egypt during the 2011 drought

13 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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