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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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West Africa: Population movement - as of September 2010

20 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

West Africa Regional Map (as of July 2008)

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

Map of West Africa - Displaced Populations - August 2007

15 August 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Sierra Leone Atlas Map

21 September 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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