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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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The Situation of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

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

Refugees asked to fish for themselves: The Role of Livelihoods Trainings for Kampala's Urban Refugees

January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Internal Displacement and Humanitarian Situation in the Gaza Strip

November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Sparks, skills and new hope for Afghan refugee women in Iran

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

Malian refugees in Burkina Faso restore their lives building on their traditional skills

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

Loss of hope and deepening poverty driving Syrians to seek refuge in Europe

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

Togolese refugee finds a new beginning in Liberia

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

CAR refugees turn hand to other jobs to fund exile in Cameroon

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

UNHCR Syria In Focus - Issue 11 of 2015

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

Lebanon: Livelihoods Sector: Number of Partners per Caza/District - July 2015

31 July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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