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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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Uganda: Registered refugees and asylum-seekers (as of 1 June 2016)

1 June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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

South Sudan refugee outflow continues, UNHCR reports severe funding shortfall

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

Guitars from Malawi camp hit right note with musicians around the world

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

Uganda: Registered refugees and asylum-seekers (as of 01 April 2016)

1 April 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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

Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Kenya (as of February 2016)

29 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Burundi Situation: Displacement of Burundians into Neighbouring Countries since April 2015 | as of 15 February 2016

15 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Fighting in eastern DRC forces thousands to flee

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

Fighting in eastern DRC forces tens of thousands to flee homes

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

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