Working for a better future

The work of UNHCR does not end once refugees reach safety in an asylum country. The major challenge is to find permanent solutions for the uprooted civilians, either through voluntary return to their homelands or, in cases where this is not possible, by helping to resettle them permanently in a third country. The agency works with a series of partners to help refugees become self-reliant and allow them to make decisions affecting both their daily lives and their future, in part by providing development assistance to the areas hosting them. Local communities are in turn involved in the programmes designed to reintegrate refugees once they return home.