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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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Central Mediterranean situation: UNHCR calls for an additional 40,000 resettlement places

11 September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

After packed boats take on water, 20 feared dead in Mediterranean

16 May 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Mali refugees cautious about return, despite peace deal

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

Number of Malian refugees in Niger reaches new high

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

Malian refugees in Burkina Faso restore their lives building on their traditional skills

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

Birth certificates issued by Mali open doors for Mauritanian refugee children

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

Italy rescues 6,000 people crossing Mediterranean in four days

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

Malian refugees take part in presidential election

29 July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR urges speeding of preparations for refugee vote in Mali elections

23 July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR reinforces assistance to refugee hosting countries, ahead of Mali elections

28 June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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