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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 concern at reports of shooting involving Rohingya boat people

15 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR warns of new risks to civilians in Central African Republic as fighting spreads

15 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Escaping Syria in the dead of night: UNHCR chief visits Jordan border

14 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Syrians in Jordan: A community of refugees flowers in the desert

13 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR welcomes Turkey's registration of Syrians in urban areas

11 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Education and outreach key to combatting hepatitis outbreak in South Sudan

11 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR steps up assistance for Central African Republic refugees in Democratic Republic of the Congo

8 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Syrians in Jordan: preventing the most vulnerable from falling through the cracks

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

UNHCR's Guterres: Syria refugees reach one million

6 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Lebanese quietly welcome tens of thousands of Syrians into their homes

4 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

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