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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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Refugees boost net profits for fishing village in Bangladesh

31 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UN refugee agency prepares to assist possible returnees in Mali

29 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Two camps of thought on helping Rohingya in Bangladesh

28 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR concern at refugee kidnappings, disappearances in eastern Sudan

25 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

New camp due to open in Jordan as numbers continue to rise

25 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR calls anew on international community to help Mali as war expands

25 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR position on the directive by the Kenyan Government on the relocation of refugees from the urban centres to the refugee camps

25 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

The young and the hopeless in Bangladesh's camps

23 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Desperation drives more Rohingya onto smugglers' boats

22 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UN refugee agency urgently reinforcing staff and resources for Mali

18 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

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