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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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Libya: Detention centres where UNHCR and partners have access - April 2017

9 April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Libya, Detention Centres: Detention Centres in which UNHCR and Partners are carrying out activities, January 2017

15 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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