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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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Refugees and migrants face high risks in winter weather in Europe

13 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Slovakia receives 37 Somalis from camps in Eritrea

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

UNHCR- Factsheet - Egypt, May 2016

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

UNHCR Somalia Update | Towards Durable Solutions to Displacement (March 2015)

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

A safe Romanian pit stop on the road to resettlement

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

Together At Last: Abdi's nine-year journey to find his family

25 June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Driven from Somalia, a former refugee thanks Australia for his new life

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

UNHCR welcomes adoption of Joint EU Resettlement Programme

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

ExCom Meeting: Top UNHCR official urges improved protection for the displaced

5 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Transnational philanthropy: Somali youth in Canada and Kenya

October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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