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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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Second UNHCR aid convoy reaches northern Syria

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

For Mali's displaced, on-going insecurity an obstacle to return

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

Looting, empty villages found in rebel-controlled region of Central African Republic

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

UNHCR Chief Guterres strongly condemns deadly attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq

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

Philippines passes historic bill to protect internally displaced

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

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

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

UNHCR to help 30,000 Syrian refugees through ATM cash programme

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

UNHCR humanitarian aid convoy reaches displaced people in northern Syria

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

Civilians continue to flee military offensive in Mali; internal return prospects mixed

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

Civilians continue to flee military offensive in Mali; internal return prospects mixed

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

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