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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, African host countries agree on final steps to resolve Rwandan refugee situation

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

UNHCR Regional Update 30 - Burundi Situation, October 2016

31 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR Regional Update 29 - Burundi Situation, September 2016

30 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Over 300,000 Burundians have fled to stretched neighbouring countries

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

Update on UNHCR's operations in Africa

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Uganda - Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Country (as 31 August 2016)

17 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Rwanda: Population of Concern to UNHCR (as of 1st September 2016)

6 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Rwandan refugees head home after a generation in Angola

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

Uganda - Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Country (as 31 July 2016)

12 August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Burundian Refugees in Rwanda - Registration Statistics (Sunday 10th July 2016)

10 July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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