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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Also called UNHCR. An organization created by the United Nations in 1950 and charged with providing assistance to and protection of persons displaced by a government as the result of a war, persecution or another reason. It helps them return to their homes or to settle in another country.


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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) commented that "Research by UNHCR has shown that asylum-seekers of similar backgrounds and profiles have widely varying prospects of finding protection in different Member States of the European Union.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that in 2006, refugee numbers rose for the first time since 2002.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on 3 January said that the final group of 3,200 refugees had crossed the border.
 
 
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