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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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Jolie visited Syria in her role as the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN's refugee agency, reports People magazine.
Almost 200 Iranian-Kurd refugees have been moved from a makeshift camp on the Iraq-Jordan border to a larger camp near Syria, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
According to figures released by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), an estimated 4.
 
 
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