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Our Vision and Mission Vision USA for UNHCR envisions a world without refugees. Mission USA for UNHCR protects refugees and empowers them with hope and opportunity. • We are with refugees from their greatest time of need – from emergency or crisis and beyond through the months and likely years that many are displaced from their home countries. • We give refugees the hope they deserve, restore their dignity and help them rebuild their lives. About UNHCR The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as the UN Refugee Agency, is the world’s leading organization aiding and protecting people forced to flee their homes due to violence, conflict and persecution. UNHCR provides shelter, food, water, medical care and other lifesaving assistance to refugees around the world. The dream of most refugees is to return home. When possible, UNHCR helps refugees return to their homeland. When refugees can’t go back home, UNHCR helps them rebuild their lives in another country. Since its formation by the United Nations General Assembly in 1950, UNHCR has helped an estimated 50 million refugees restart their lives and has twice received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital protection and assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, many of whom have nobody left to turn to. We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home. Intense fighting has broken out in Sudan, with reports of civilians killed and injured in multiple parts of the country. Prices of food, fuel and other basic goods are reportedly skyrocketing, making critical goods unaffordable for many people. Despite attempts at ceasefires, people are being displaced amid the clashes and are fleeing to neighbouring countries like Chad and South Sudan, in urgent need of basic relief items and shelter. UNHCR teams are on the ground to meet new arrivals and provide life-saving assistance. But as the fighting displaces more people, support is urgently needed to scale up the response. DATA AND STATISTICS UNHCR annual Global Trends report 2022 UNHCR's Global Trends report presents key statistical trends and the latest official statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons. Ongoing and new conflicts have driven displacement across the world in 2022, seeing the largest ever increase between years according to UNHCR’s statistics on forced displacement. With over 108.4 million people forcibly displaced by the end of 2022, the international community must work together to support and show solidarity with people for...

Art, family and a bakery inspire this Boston animator’s refugee advocacy Growing up in her parent's bakery in East Boston, Jen Sanchez, daughter of Colombian immigrants, was surrounded by the stories of refugees and immigrants. These childhood experiences would inspire her to create art that lifts the voices and stories of newly arrived families in the U.S. Choosing courage in the face of new challenges, this former teen refugee doesn’t let obstacles stop her from shining Rojina Rai’s illustrated story, “I Choose to be Courageous,” is a featured selection from USA for UNHCR's annual Refugee Storyteller Celebration, an opportunity for former refugees under the age of 30 who are now living in the United States to share their courageous journeys, passions and inspirations. How one former refugee uses her poetry to examine ideas of identity and belonging Dahabo Kerow’s poem, “Where Are You From?” is a featured selection from USA for UNHCR's annual Refugee Storyteller Celebration, an opportunity for former refugees under the age of 30 who are now living in the United States to share their courageous journeys, passions and inspirations. Meet three African refugee change-makers elevating their communities through leadership and activism This World Africa Day, meet refugee leaders from across the continent who are using their experiences to raise awareness about refugee issues and elevate their communities. Their stories serve as important reminders that even in the darkest of tim...

"UNHCR" redirects here. Not to be confused with UNHRC. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR) is a Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Abbreviation UNHCR, HCR, ACNUR Formation 14 December 1950 ; 72 years ago ( 1950-12-14) Type United Nations Programme Legal status Headquarters Contents • 1 Background • 2 History • 3 Function • 3.1 Palestine refugee mandate • 3.2 Public awareness and future of refugees • 3.3 Artworks on refugee crisis and artists as activists for refugees • 3.4 Cooperation within the United Nations • 3.5 Awards • 4 Persons of concern to UNHCR • 4.1 2019 • 5 Staffing • 5.1 High Commissioners • 5.2 Special Envoy of High Commissioner Filippo Grandi • 5.3 Goodwill ambassadors • 6 Controversies • 6.1 The 1994–1995 repatriation of Rohingyans • 7 See also • 8 References • 8.1 Citations • 8.2 Sources • 9 External links Following the demise of the In the late 1940s, the IRO fell out of favour, but the UN agreed that a body was required to oversee global refugee issues. Despite many heated debates in the General Assembly, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was founded as a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly by Resolution 319 (IV) of the United Nations General Assembly of December 1949. However, the organisation was only intended to operate for 3 years, from January 1951, due to the disagreement of many UN member states over the implications of a permanent body. UNHCR's mandate was originally set out in ...

Information for Refugees, Asylum-seekers and Stateless People Provided by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency On this page you find information on particular topics (for example scholarships for refugees) or you can go to a page from a country of your interest. On these country pages you can find helpful services, information on asylum procedures, or read more about your rights and duties. View this page in

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