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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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Disruption at Choucha Camp near Tunisia-Libya border

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

Number of civilians to flee Libya's Western Mountains nears 40,000

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

More civilians flee Libya's Western Mountains, new aid reaches the east

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

Thousands of Libyans flee fighting in west into Tunisia

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

Protection considerations with regard to people fleeing from Libya - UNHCR's recommendations (as at 29 March 2011) Update No. 1

29 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR calls for action to alleviate humanitarian situation on Lampedusa

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

Giving up your child to save her: a tale from Tunisia

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

Boat arrivals on Lampedusa

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

UNHCR appeals again for safe passage, safe haven for civilians fleeing violence inside Libya

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

UNHCR fears civilians prevented from fleeing Libya amid fighting

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

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