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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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Southern African Development Community Road map on the eradication of statelessness 2022 - 2024

19 August 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

#IBelong Campaign Update, April-June 2022

5 August 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Campaign Update, October 2020 - December 2020

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

Campaign Update, January 2020 - March 2020

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

Statelessness and Citizenship in the East African Community

September 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Training Manuals

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