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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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Boat tragedies on Lake Malawi, off Indonesia underscore risks for migrants, asylum seekers

22 June 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Statelessness in Southern Africa

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

World: Main Countries of Origin of New Asylum-Seekers - 2009

15 June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

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

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Map of Africa: Total population of concern to UNHCR by country of asylum and category, end-2008

25 September 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Map of Africa: Total refugee population by country of asylum, end-2008

25 September 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - Malawi

1 September 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

Malawi Atlas Map

4 May 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2003 - Malawi

1 September 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2002 - Malawi

1 July 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

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