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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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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

UNHCR ready for possible influx of Malian refugees in neighbouring countries

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

Mali Situation Map - As of 26th July 2012

26 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

UNHCR and IOM start moving Malian refugees to new camp in Niger

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

WFP AND UNHCR Warn of Rapidly Worsening Refugee Crisis in Hunger-Striken Sahel

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

Mali Situation Map - As at 15th May 2012

15 May 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Mali Situation Map - As at 22nd April 2012

22 April 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Mali Situation Map - As of 28nd March 2012

28 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

As tens of thousands flee, UNHCR ups assistance to Malian refugees

20 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR boosts aid as Mali outflow doubles in size

17 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

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