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Introduction *<Tab/>Refugees are people who are forced from their countries by war, civil conflict, and political strife or human rights abuses. There were an estimated 14.9 million refugees in the world in 2001.People that had crossed an international border to seek safety. *<Tab/>The global refugee crisis affects every continent and almost every country. In 2001, 78 percent of all refugees came from 10 areas: Afghanistan, Angola, Burma, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, …

…located in Africa and Asia. After Nansen's death in 1930, the protection of refugees was entrusted to the Nansen International Office for Refugees, but this office accomplished little before its mandate expired in 1938. Other refugee-assistance organizations have included the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (1938-47), the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Refugee Organization (1947-52), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, established in 1950. Bibliography Britannica 2001. Search refugees. Internet. www.Google.com search refugees.