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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 Emergency: Record number of Syrians cross border into Jordan

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

Syria refugee outflow to neighbouring countries growing fast

17 August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Refugee outflow into neighbouring countries still growing fast, amid violence in Syria

17 August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR in Lebanon steps up registration of Syrian refugees

14 August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR scales up registration of Syrian refugees in surrounding region, as arrivals grow

14 August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Violence and threats force over ten thousand Iraqis home, Syrian refugees continue to flee to neighbouring countries

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

UNHCR gravely concerned about dramatic escalation of Syria exodus

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

Number of Syrian refugees triples to 112,000 since April

17 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

More than 60 rescued at sea in southern Adriatic

3 July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon

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

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