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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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