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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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Somali Refugees in the Region : As of 17th May 2013

17 May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Mobile court scheme launched in Uganda's Nakivale refugee settlement

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

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

Somali Refugees in the Region: As of 20th February 2013

20 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

On the run, alone and young: Congolese children flee to Uganda

7 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

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

Somali Refugees in the Region

15 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Young Congolese men fear forced recruitment, flee to Uganda

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

Somali Refugees in the Region: As of 12 December 2012

12 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

UNHCR urges states against returning people to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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