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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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Campaign Update, January 2021 - March 2021

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

Campaign Update, October 2020 - December 2020

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

Campaign Update, July 2020 - September 2020

14 October 2020 | 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, October – December 2018

December 2018 | 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

Campaign Update, April 2017

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

UNHCR chief welcomes regional commitments in Central Asia to protect migrant and asylum-seeker rights

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

Statelessness: More than 3,000 stateless people given Turkmen nationality

7 December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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