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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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Trinidad and Tobago: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Trinidad and Tobago – UPR 25th Session (2016)

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

Displaced by war, Syrian tailor starts over in a rented van

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

Access to jobs improving for Syrian refugees in Jordan

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

Guitars from Malawi camp hit right note with musicians around the world

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

Chad fishing project gives Nigerian refugees a lifeline

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

For displaced Syrian hairdresser, a chance to start over

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

Mid-Term Evaluation of UNHCR Graduation Programme in Egypt - Final Report

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

Iraqi grandmother defies tradition to set up shop

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

Catering start-up empowers Afghan refugee women in Delhi

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

Building Communities of Practice for Urban Refugees. Europe Regional Workshop Report

19 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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