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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Refugees and migrants face high risks in winter weather in Europe
13 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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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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Mediterranean death toll soars in first 5 months of 2016
31 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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UNHCR's proposals in light of the EU response to the refugee crisis and the EU package of 9 September 2015
10 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports |
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Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres on Refugee Crisis in Europe
4 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements |
