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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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Civilians continue to flee military offensive in Mali; internal return prospects mixed

1 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Too Much Pain: Female Genital Mutilation & Asylum in the European Union - A Statistical Overview

February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Statistics

Civilians continue to flee military offensive in Mali; internal return prospects mixed

1 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Afghanistan Update on Volrep and Border Monitoring

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

Canada/USA Bi-National Roundtable on Alternatives to Detention of Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Migrants and Stateless Persons

February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Thematic Reports

Iraq: Registered Refugee Return to Baghdad Governorate, February 2012 - January 2013

31 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Iraq: Registered IDP Return to Baghdad Governorate, Feburary 2012 - January 2013

31 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Iraq: Registered Return to Baghdad, November February 2012 - January 2013

31 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Registered IDP Return to Iraq, February 2012 - January 2013

31 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Refugees boost net profits for fishing village in Bangladesh

31 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

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