United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
UNHCR
Pronunciation
/juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz haɪ kəˈmɪʃənər fər ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
United Nations

Examples in Context

  1. That responsibility falls on the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR)
  2. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) says it will start moving Somali refugee families into a new area of Kenya's overcrowded Dadaab refugee complex.
  3. Afghan refugee women climb on a truck to be repatriated to Afghanistan at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) ( UNHCR ) office.
  4. Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for refugees, Craig Johnstone, says the Iraq refugee situation remains the largest in the world.
  5. And the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) ( UNHCR ) has documented 12000 in Malaysia, but admits there may be twice that number.

Other meanings of UNHCR

United Nations Office of The High Commissioner For Refugees Gov