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Their refugee cards issued by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees or UNHCR is useless as Malaysia does not recognise their refugee status.
Global Voices in English » Malaysia: Humans as Commodities 2009
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I called UNHCR and I said, have you guys been called?
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I called UNHCR and I said, have you guys been called?
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UNHCR is also sometimes asked to extend its assistance to groups of persons who have been displaced within their national frontiers during conflicts and - at the same time as those repatriated - also return to their homes when peace has come.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Nobel Lecture 1981
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The aim of UNHCR is to promote action which will help the refugees to become self-supporting, and eventually, through naturalization to cease being refugees.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - History of Organization 1954
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With headquarters in Geneva and at present some thirty branch offices situated in strategic spots throughout the world in addition to special representatives and correspondents, UNHCR is not a specialized agency but an integral part of the UN, its High
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - History of Organization 1954
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The "refugee run" of the UNHCR is a simulation of 25 minutes at a refugee camp.
Run! Mai Shbeta 2011
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"Turkey is better equipped now than in those years," said Metin Corabatir, spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency, known as the UNHCR.
Refugees From Syria Stream Into Turkey Ayla Albayrak 2011
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The U.N. agency, known as UNHCR, said several people had been burnt to death and that it suspected ethnic violence was behind the massacres.
Ivorian Opposition Strives for Normalcy David Gauthier-Villars 2011
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"Turkey is better equipped now than in those years," said Metin Corabatir, spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency, known as the UNHCR.
Refugees From Syria Stream Into Turkey Ayla Albayrak 2011
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UNHCR
(Abbreviation) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland and is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes, once in 1954 and again in 1981. In more than six decades, UNHCR has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives.
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www.unhcr.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNHCR
May 9, 2013