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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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UNHCR moves Sudanese refugees away from volatile border area

20 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR dismay at new deportation of Eritreans by Sudan

18 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Ethiopia- Refugee Emergency Update: 14 October 2011

14 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR opens camp in western Ethiopia for Blue Nile state refugees

7 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

With Sudan influx continuing, Ethiopia sees opening of an additional refugee camp

7 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Ethiopia- Refugee Emergency Update: 27 September 2011

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

Thousands more flee air strikes in Sudan's Blue Nile State

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

Ethiopia: UNHCR strengthening aid for Sudanese fleeing volatile Blue Nile State

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

UNHCR deeply concerned by deportation of Eritreans from Sudan

26 July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR seeks access to tens of thousands of displaced Sudanese

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

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