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Home Persecution: - Overview: Changing world - A refugee's story - Slideshow: 50 years of refugees - Slideshow: Refugee portraits - Talking point: UNHCR chief Ruud Lubbers took your questions The Journey Life in a foreign land The way ahead World Service radio series

Persecution: Slideshow: 50 years of refugees 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 World War II aftermath Click on the numbers or arrows to navigate UNHCR World War II aftermath As World War II ended, millions of people were displaced in Europe, including these refugees from a camp in Germany. The International Refugee Organisation, the precursor to the UNHCR, was set up to assist them. It was expected that it would complete its work within three years.

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