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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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Bangladesh, Operational Update - 17 November 2017

17 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Iraq Flash Update (as of 12 April 2017)

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

UNHCR Mosul Emergency Response Since October 2016

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

Fragility and population movement in Afghanistan

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

Regional Response to the Northern Triangle of Central America Situation

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

Echoes From Syria Issue 12

31 August 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Sudan: Arrivals from South Sudan | 15 December 2013 - 3 June 2015

3 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR concerned at obstacles facing thousands fleeing Ramadi

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

After long ordeal at sea, Rohingya find humanity in Indonesia

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

Ukraine: Cash Assistance Partners Distribution Per Region - 01 Apr 2015

1 April 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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