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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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Democratic Republic of Congo: Refugees, Returnees and IDPs (as of December 31, 2016)

31 December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Update on UNHCR's operations in Africa

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Somali Refugees in the Horn of Africa and Yemen - November 2015

7 December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Somali Refugees in the Horn of Africa and Yemen - October 2015

4 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Somalia Refugees in the Horn of Africa and Yemen (March 2015)

8 April 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Somalia Refugees in the Horn of Africa and Yemen - December 2014

31 December 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Refugees, Returnees and IDPs in Democratic Republic of Congo (as of October 31, 2014)

31 October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Somali Refugees in the Region

April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Update on UNHCR's operations in Africa

24 September 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Somali Refugees in the Region

10 September 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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