RefugeesThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (http://www.unhcr.org/) was established in 1950. The agency is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Since 2006 UNHCR has also taken a leading role in the area of protection of Internally Displaced People (IDP).Greece is one of the oldest members of the Agency, an active player in the field of dealing with the flow of immigrants and a reliable partner of the UNHCR, because of its geographical position, being one of the main entry point countries of illegal immigrants in the Mediterranean...
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