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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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What happens after the war? how refugee camp peace programmes contribute to post-conflict peacebuilding strategies

17 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Revised Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness

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

Refugees and the Rashaida: human smuggling and trafficking from Eritrea to Sudan and Egypt

March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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 concern at refugee kidnappings, disappearances in eastern Sudan

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

Helping young refugees in South Sudan find physical and emotional security

5 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR chief visits South Sudan to spotlight "forgotten refugee crisis"

23 November 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Registered Sudanese Refugee Population in Ethiopia and South Sudan, As of 24 October 2012

24 October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Sudanese villagers face tough choices before fleeing to relative safety in Yida

9 October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Hundreds flee fresh air and ground attacks and cross to South Sudan

25 September 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

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