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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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Living on the Edge: A Livelihood Status Report on Urban Refugees on Urban Refugees Living in Nairobi, Kenya

7 November 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Réintégration Économique des Femmes et Filles Refugiées dans des Centres Urbaines - RDC

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Youth Empowerment Centres

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Community Centre for Refugee Women and Children

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

'Because I am a stranger' Urban refugees in Yaoundé, Cameroon

20 September 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Farming prospects prompt some refugees to head back to Somalia temporarily

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

Livelihood Programming in UNHCR: Operational Guidelines

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

Microfinance and refugees: lessons learned from UNHCR's experience

January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Navigating Nairobi: A review of the implementation of UNHCR's urban refugee policy in Kenya's capital city

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

Women's training project in northern Myanmar generates income and goodwill

29 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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