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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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Victim says CAR needs justice before there can be reconciliation

4 April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Violence in Bangui triggers fresh displacement in Central African Republic

1 April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR says over 15000 CAR civilians facing acute risk, better security urgently needed

25 February 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Fighting in Bangui, Central African Republic, displaces some 210,000 people

17 December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR appeals for dialogue, confidence-building following recent IDP violence in Myanmar

13 August 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR concern at reports of shooting involving Rohingya boat people

15 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Desperation drives more Rohingya onto smugglers' boats

22 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Growing numbers risk crossing Bay of Bengal in search of safety, better life

11 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Struggling to make sense of communal unrest in western Myanmar

5 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR seeks regional support amid reports of high seas tragedy off Myanmar

13 November 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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