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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.

Defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced persons worldwide.

Describes one individual's three frustrating and unsuccessful attempts to leave the United States and secure political asylum in Europe.

Speech in the German Bundestag on the occasion of proposed changes to German asylum law, April 30, 1992.

Non-profit organization providing free legal representation and advice for the Central American community in Los Angeles.

Organization that supports the right of return of Palestinian refugees.

Provides information on immigrant and refugee related policies in Illinois and on a national level. Reports, newsletters, links, action alerts and other resources are posted.

Supports refugees of the Afghanistan war. Provides support in health, training, vocation and education to Afghanis, the largest number of single nation refugees in the world.

Published three times a year in English, Spanish and Arabic by the Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford. FMR enables academics, practitioners, refugees, and IDPs to share information and experience.

Based in Prague, the Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU) provides social counseling and legal counseling to asylum seekers and recognized refugees staying on the territory of the Czech Republic.

Interviews, testimonials, audio, slide show, and articles about people seeking refuge from war, persecution or disaster.

Photographs and analysis of Bhutanese refugees living in UNHCR camps in Nepal.

Australian stories and songs by refugees about the odyssey of refugees.

Annual report on refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and internally displaced persons

Non-profit organization formed to raise funding for, and awareness of North Korean refugees who have escaped the political oppression and depression of Communist North Korea. Online petition.

Campaigns against British government's policy of imprisoning asylum-seekers while their claims are processed.

Provides links to news, information and other sources of refugee and asylum rights.

News, publications, resources, support and links for those seeking asylum in the UK.

Allows users to actively explore the refugee experience from the time of arrival to the point of decision and to compare the processing models used in Australia and Canada.

Details efforts of Austin College to raise funds for the African Hope School for Sudanese Refugees in Cairo, Egypt.

Organization promoting United States support for the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Group of grass-roots organizations that support free migration and abolishment of borders and deportations.

Provides access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide.

Information regarding current issues of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.

Company providing policy research, evaluation and consulting services dedicated to issues of immigration control and asylum policy.

Networking organization on immigrant and refugee issues in the United States.

Independent humanitarian organization whose aim is to protect refugees in the world and Denmark through relief work, documentation, counseling, integration, language schools, repatriation and voluntary work.

Site dedicated to New Zealand refugee law. Provides full text search in Refugee Status decisions, Appeals and High Court decisions, Statistics, etc.

Legal directory and search engine - legislation, case-law, journals, law reform, by country and subject.

A Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web.

An independent source of information about the way the UN refugee agency decides refugee cases.

Since 1980 thousands fleeing oppression have sought protection from deportation in sanctuary though they lack residency permits.

Human Rights Watch Report.

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