UNHCR
Proper noun
Meaning
UNHCR
(UN) Initialism of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; the UN Refugee Agency.
Synonym: HCR
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According to the UNHCR 2009 report as many as 167,189 refugees and asylum seekers are temporary residents in Ecuador.
According to the UNHCR, there were around 8,000 registered refugees, 5,500 unregistered refugees, and 7,000 asylum seekers of various origins in Libya in January 2013.
A member of the UNHCR, the United Nations’ refugee agency in place, acknowledged the reports.
As a result, the UNHCR became more heavily involved with assistance programs within refugee camps, often located in hostile environments.
Awards Since 1954, the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award has been annually awarded to a person or an organization in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees, displaced or stateless people.
A Burmese family has been camping outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kuala Lumpur, hoping to be resettled in a third country.