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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Rohingya refugees still fleeing to Bangladesh with crisis in third month
3 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Up to 15,000 newly arrived Rohingya refugees stranded at border
18 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Up to 15,000 refugees stranded near Bangladesh-Myanmar border
17 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Bangladesh: Life-saving assistance needed as Rohingya influx surges
5 September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Update on UNHCR's operations in Asia and the Pacific
17 September 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports |
