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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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Afghanistan: Compilation of Country of Origin Information (COI) Relevant for Assessing the Availability of an Internal Flight, Relocation or Protection Alternative (IFA/IRA/IPA) to Kabul

December 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Ukraine: Protection Strategy, June 2015

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

Woman Alone: The fight for survival by Syria's refugee women

2 July 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

The Future of Syria: Refugee Children in Crisis

November 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Afghanistan Protection cluster: Protection Overview Eastern and South-Eastern Regions 2010 / 2011

30 November 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Civilian Harm in Somalia: Creating an Appropriate Response

October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Living hand to mouth: protection funding and coordination in South Sudan

August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Afghanistan Protection Cluster: Protection Overview (Southern Region 2010)

8 February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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