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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, October 2020 - December 2020

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

Campaign Update, January 2020 - March 2020

22 April 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Government of Tanzania brings together 'whole of society' to implement landmark refugee reforms

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

Land needed urgently for camps for Burundian refugee arrivals

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

Over 300,000 Burundians have fled to stretched neighbouring countries

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

Burundians continuing to flee the country one year after crisis began

22 April 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Cholera containment measures stall death rate in Tanzania refugee camp

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

Cholera epidemic claims 31 lives in Tanzania, including 29 Burundian refugees

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

Refugee numbers soar, as uncertainty in Burundi continues

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

Burundi refugee numbers in neighbouring countries reach 50,000 as violence continues

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

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