Norwegian Refugee Council
WebsiteOslo

Founding Year: 1946

Staff: 7360

Budget: NOK 5.46b (2020)

Jan Egeland (Secretary-General)

An international humanitarian and non-governmental organization protecting the rights of displaced people. NRC operates in over 30 countries in which refugees have been “forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict, human rights violations and acute violence, as well as climate change and natural disasters.”

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Norwegian Refugee Council contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals


  Organization Type

NGO

  Geographic Foci

International

 Subjects

Humanitarian|Refugees/ Asylum Seekers/ Displaced Persons

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