Danish Refugee Council (DRC) (Danish: Dansk Flygtningehjælp) is a private Danish humanitarian organisation, founded in 1956. It serves as an umbrella organization for 33 member organizations. Formed after the Second World War, and in response to the European refugee crises caused by the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. DRC has been active in large scale humanitarian projects around the world. Through convoy operations DRC was responsible for delivering half of the international humanitarian aid in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the wars of independence in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s.