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UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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. Today, a staff of around 6,689 people in 116 countries continues to help 20.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement - Monthly Update

31 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Profiles

Comments by the UNHCR Regional Representation for the Baltic and Nordic Countries on the Finnish Ministry of Justice's proposal for amendments to the Criminal Code's provision on Arrangement of Illegal Immigration

28 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR calls afresh on Syria's warring parties to allow aid delivery

26 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR and partners rush aid to Thailand refugee camp after fire

23 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR condemns bomb attack in Pakistan's Jalozai camp hosting internally displaced people

22 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Asylum Trends 2012: Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries

21 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Annual Reports

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Daily Statistics as of 20 Mar 2013

20 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Syria conflict contributing to rising asylum claims in industrialized countries

20 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Profiles

UNHCR asks Ukraine to free detained refugee, decline extradition request

20 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Newly displaced in eastern Congo need urgent assistance

20 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

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