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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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More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan

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

More than 6,000 flee fresh South Sudan violence into Uganda

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

UN agency, Ugandan government call for urgent support amid influx of South Sudanese refugees

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

Uganda: Emergency Update on the South Sudan Refugee Situation - Inter-Agency Weekly | 22nd - 28th February 2017

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

UNHCR Regional Update 29 - Burundi Situation, September 2016

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

UNHCR airlifts aid to Uganda as thousands arrive from South Sudan

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

UN Refugee Chief: World must act to end South Sudan suffering

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

Uganda: Emergency Update on the South Sudan Refugee Situation Inter-Agency Daily #9 | 21st July 2016

21 July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

On eve of South Sudan 5th Anniversary, forced displacement continues to rise

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

South Sudan fighting forces thousands to flee to CAR, Uganda and DR Congo

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

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