United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(redirected from High Commission on Refugees)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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