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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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#IBelong Campaign Update, April 2021 - June 2021

9 July 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Campaign Update, April - June 2019

July 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Campaign Update, December 2017

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

After long ordeal at sea, Rohingya find humanity in Indonesia

18 May 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR alarmed at reports of boat pushbacks in South-east Asia

13 May 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR urges South East Asian governments to prioritize saving lives amid reports that thousands adrift in region's waters

12 May 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Stateless in the Philippines: Indonesian descendants feel torn between two lands

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

Refugees risk all to seek lifeline across Indian Ocean

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

Playing the waiting game in Indonesia

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

UN High Commissioner for Refugees says Regional effort needed to reduce Indian Ocean death toll

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

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