Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 20,305 staff working in 136 countries as of December 2023.

Also known as...UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Rohingya Refugee Death Toll Record

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