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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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UNHCR warns of worsening displacement in Democratic Republic of the Congo

24 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Bangladesh: Thousands of new arrivals assisted at transit centre, camp

20 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR provides aid to Mogadishu attack survivors

19 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Women fleeing FGM find abuse in Libya

18 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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

Bangladeshis race to save Rohingya refugees in need

17 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Mexican shelter provides safe space for Central Americans

17 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Up to 15,000 refugees stranded near Bangladesh-Myanmar border

17 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Libya: Refugees and migrants held captive by smugglers in deplorable conditions

17 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

In Bangladesh, focus turns to family counting as refugee help needs mount

13 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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