Founded:

1946

Dissolved:

January 31, 1952

The International Refugee Organization (IRO) was an intergovernmental organization founded on 20 April 1946 to deal with the massive refugee problem created by World War II. In 1952, operations of the IRO ceased, and it was replaced by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Mentioned in

• Free and Unfree in a Faraway Place: German-speaking Refugees in China’s Foreign Concessions and the Shanghai Ghetto (Meredith Oyen)
• From Altona to Melbourne. German-Speaking Jews in Australia (Julia Schneidawind)