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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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More people are risking lives in the Caribbean to reach safety

13 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

IDPs in Host Families and Host Communities: Assistance for Hosting Arrangements

April 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Age, Gender and Diversity: Best Practice Compilation (Bureau for the Americas)

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Compilations

Compilación de Buenas Prácticas en Materia de Edad, Género y Diversidad (Oficina para las Américas)

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Compilations

UNHCR chief focuses on documentation programme during Haiti visit

9 September 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

The Digest: The Newsletter of the Global Protection Cluster

August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Thematic Reports

Governments urged not to return Haitians

21 June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Global Report 2010 - North American and the Caribbean

20 June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR training put into practice as migrant vessel arrives at Turks and Caicos Islands

9 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Haiti

March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

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