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 against risky sea crossings as 100,000 reach Yemen this year
29 November 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Yemen receives over 10,000 new arrivals by sea since start of conflict, many tricked that fighting is over
14 July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Sea crossings to Yemen exceed 62,000 so far in 2013
8 November 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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More than 46,000 people cross Gulf of Aden in first six months of the year
6 August 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
