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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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Bridging the Humanitarian-Development Divide for Refugee Children in Eastern Africa and the Great Lakes Region

May 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Inclusion of Refugee Children in National Child Protection Systems: Guidance for Practitioners in East Africa

October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

UNHCR Regional Update 29 - Burundi Situation, September 2016

30 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Burundian Refugees in Rwanda - Daily Statistics (Monday 13th July 2015)

13 July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

The 2014 Global Child Protection, Education and SGBV Strategy Implementation Report

8 July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

UNHCR Regional Update 6 - Burundi Situation, 16 June 2015

16 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Caring for the most vulnerable of the vulnerable: orphans in Brazzaville

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

Joint Statement on the Evacuation of Unaccompanied Children from Rwanda

27 June 1994 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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