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 |
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Over 300,000 refugees and migrants cross Med so far in 2016
20 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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UNHCR warns of new humanitarian problems building at crossings from Greece into the Balkans
24 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Co-chairs' Summary: International Workshop on the Protection of Irregular Movements of Persons at Sea
Jakarta, Indonesia, 21- 22 April 2014
22 April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports |
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As states increase border controls, UNHCR calls for sensitivity for those fleeing persecution
7 January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries |
