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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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Syria situation regional roundup

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

Number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon passes 100,000 mark

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

Thousands of Syrian refugees arrive in Iraq, many with special needs

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

Number of Somali refugees in south-east Ethiopia swells to 170,000

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

Somali refugee population still rising in Ethiopia, new camp planned

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

Colombia's indigenous pushed to find safety in cities

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

As Syria crisis continues, UNHCR urges EU states to uphold Common Asylum System principles

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

UNHCR steps up winter preparations for tens of thousands of Syrians

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

UNHCR starts moving Central African Republic refugees from flooded camps in Chad

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

Syrian risks all to get his pregnant wife to safety in Jordan

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

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