O Brasil e a organização internacional para os refugiados (1946-1952) Brazil and the refugee international organization (1946 to 1952) by José H. Fischel de Andrade

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Refugees: Challenges to protection by Goodwin-Gill, G

“…There were many reasons for so limiting the successor agency to the International Refugee Organization, but it is doubtful whether anyone seriously thought that refugee problems would be resolved so quickly, or indeed that UNHCR would develop into the highly operational, visible and extensively funded entity that we see today. …”

Le statut et la situation des réfugiés dans le monde, enjeu pour l’ONU by Chloé Maurel

“…In the past, the international community had created the « Nansen passport » (1922), then the UN created in 1946 the International Refugees Organization (IRO), in order to help the refugees. …”
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"Comfort and New Hope." Il Welfare Assistance dell'Unrra in Europa (1943-1947) by Enrico Agostino Miletto

“…Most of its activities were closed at 30th June 1947, when Iro (International Refugees Organization) took over the lease. Based on documents issued by Unrra as main source, the article analyses with special attention the most significant dynamics and characteristics of the welfare assistance programs set in place by the agency. …”
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The International Organizations for the Assistance of the Romanian Refugees (1948-1960) and the U.S. Office of Special Operations in Romania by Marius Iulian Petraru

“…If there has been no study performed so far about the plight of the emigrants from the concentration camps from Yugoslavia and Trieste, the author makes a detailed analysis of this situation and of the involvement of the American secret services and of the International Refugees Organization in assisting the refugees. The climax of the organization of the Romanian exile was that of the Romanian National Committee being formed. …”
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