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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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Guidance Package for UNHCR's Engagement in Situations of Internal Displacement

September 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

How Night-Time Street Lighting Affects Refugee Communities

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR begins the relocation of Mozambican asylum-seekers to Luwani camp, Malawi

15 April 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR battles cholera at world's largest refugee complex

31 December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Iraq: UNHCR IDP Operational Update 1-15 October 2014

15 October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Cash grants transform life in Congo camp for Central African Republic refugees

3 October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Niger : UNHCR - Carte des postes de surveillance active de la prévention du virus Ebola au Niger - 31 août 2014

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

UNHCR steps up measures to rein in Hepatitis E among South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia

8 August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Food shortages in South Sudan refugee camps stoke mounting anger

7 May 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Jordan: Key events in Zaatari camp: March 2014

5 March 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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