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- Refugee Action - Refugee Action is an independent charity that supports refugees and asylum seekers to resettle and build new lives in the UK. We campaign to ensure that refugees' voices are heard in matters that affect them, and that their needs are met. Site offers refugee stories and local contact information.
- U.S. Committee for Refugees - USCR's site provides news and extensive background information on refugee crisis around the world, and offers tools for promoting the cause of refugees. Home of the annual World Refugee Survey.
- New Zealand Refugee Law website (RefNZ) - Site dedicated to New Zealand refugee law. Provides full text search in Refugee Status decisions, Appeals and High Court decisions, Statistics, etc.
- Amnesty International: Refugees - Questions and answers from AIUSA on the human rights of refugees.
- Asylum Seekers and Refugees - Community development project seeking to educate on refugee issues with background information and commentary from a social justice perspective.
- Refugee Claimants Support Centre - Provides services to asylum seekers and refugee claimants in Brisbane and works to increase public awareness of refugees. Centre information, gift catalogue, donation form, volunteer information, and contacts.
- Department of Social Services: Refugee Programs Bureau - Who is a refugee? Obtain information on services and programs available to refugees in California. Listing of VOLAGS, MAAS, and county offices that provide social services to the refugee community.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - The UN's refugee agency, the site contains feature stories and information about the UN's work for refugees around the world as well as searchable databases of news, publications, and links.
- Refugee Camps - Find out how 39 million people are forced to live today by learning about the basic needs in a refugee camp and hearing the personal stories of refugees and relief workers.
- US Committee for Refugees - Defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced persons worldwide.
Wikipedia Articles
- Refugee law - Refugee law is the branch of international law which deals with the rights and protection of related to, but distinct from, international human rights law and international humanitarian law, which deal respectively with human rights in general, and the conduct of war in particular.
- International human rights law - International human rights law codifies legal provisions governing human rights in various international human rights instruments. It is related to, but not the same as International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law.
- Al Mezan Center for Human Rights - The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights is a nongovernmental organization based in the Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Al Mezan was chartered "to promote, protect and prevent violations of human rights in general and economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights in particular, to provide effective aid to those victims of such violations, and to enhance the quality of life of ...
- Women's Commission For Refugee Women and Children - The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children is a non-governmental organization based in New York City that works to improve the lives and defend the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, youth and children around the world.
- Canadian immigration and refugee law - Canadian immigration and refugee law concerns the area of law related to the admission of foreign-nationals into Canada, their rights and responsibilities once admitted, and the conditions of their removal. The primary law on these matters is in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which goals include economic growth, family reunification, and compliance with humanitarian treaties.