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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 the Congo - Burundian Refugees (Situation as of April 30, 2017)

30 April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Kasai violence drives over 11,000 Congolese to seek refuge in Angola

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Burundian Refugees (Situation as of March 31, 2017)

31 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Democratic Republic of Congo: South Sudanese Refugees Situation (as of March 31, 2017)

31 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR begins expanding health centre in Malawi refugee camp however more support is needed

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

South Sudan's refugee crisis now world's fastest growing

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

North-West Tanzania: Age & Gender update of Registered Refugees as of 31 March 2017

4 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

RD Congo - Sud-Kivu - Territoire de Fizi : Situation du camp de réfugiés de Lusenda (au 2 mars 2017)

2 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Kenya (as of February 2017)

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

Rwanda: Population of Concern to UNHCR (as of 28th February 2017)

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

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