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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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UNHCR Afghanistan Update on Volrep and Border Monitoring

December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Profiles

UNHCR Afghanistan Update on Volrep and Border Monitoring

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Profiles

For an Afghan refugee family, reports from home spur a return

5 January 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Extension of the Agreement Between the Government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Governing the Repatriation of Afghan Citizens Living in Pakistan

7 May 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

Map of Assisted Voluntary Repatriation to Afghanistan: Return by Province of Destination - 02 March 2002 - 31 October 2008

November 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Map of Assisted Voluntary Repatriation to Afghanistan - by Province of Country of Asylum - Iran - June 2008

June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Map of Assisted Voluntary Repatriation to Afghanistan - Return by Province of Destination - Ethnicity - March 2002 - June 2008

June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Map of Assisted Voluntary Repatriation to Afghanistan - Return by Province of Destination - Education - March 2002 - June 2008

June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Map of Assisted Voluntary Repatriation to Afghanistan - Return by Province of Destination - 02 March 2002 - 30 June 2008

June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Map of Assisted Voluntary Repatriation to Afghanistan - by Province of Country of Asylum - Pakistan - June 2008

June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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