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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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Libya Factsheet, April 2017

April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR Regional Update - Yemen Situation #41 (July 2016)

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

5 years into South Kordofan conflict, refugees are still fleeing

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

Sudan: Arrivals from South Sudan | 1 - 14 March 2016

14 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Sudan: Arrivals from South Sudan | 15 December 2013 – 12 January 2016

12 January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

South Sudan Situation UNHCR Regional Update, 78 (17–30 October 2015)

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

UNHCR condemns attack on displaced in western Chad, pledges continued help

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

South Sudan Situation: Regional Overview as of 30 September 2015

30 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Sudan: Arrivals from South Sudan | 15 December 2013 - 22 July 2015

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

Sudan: Arrivals from South Sudan | 15 December 2013 - 15 July 2015

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

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