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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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Overview of UNHCR's operations in Asia and the Pacific

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Thailand Border Operation: RTG/MOI-UNHCR Verified Refugee Population, 31 August 2016

31 August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Displaced villagers return home in Myanmar's Rakhine state

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

South Korea receives first refugees in pilot programme

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

Myanmar: Displaced Population per Township (POO-Camp Profile Round_4), Kachin and Shan (North), as of 14 Dec 2015

14 December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Myanmar: Displaced Population per Village Tract (POO-Camp Profile Round_4), Kachin and Shan (North), as of 14 Dec 2015

14 December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Bay of Bengal boat movements manageable with regional cooperation

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

Mixed Maritime Movements: In South-east Asia In 2015

December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Ongoing Myanmar conflict traps villagers in crossfire

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

UNHCR's new biometrics system helps verify 110,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand.

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

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