Refugee Related Links
Refugee Mental Health Academic Links
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Carnegie Endowment's
International Migration Policy Program
http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/IMP/IMP_Home.ASP
A leading source of analysis on migration and refugee issues. It bridges the
worlds of research and policy-making and brings an independent voice to US and
international policy debates.
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Center for Multicultural Human Services
http://www.cmhsweb.org/
Assists mental health workers in meeting the needs of clients who have a
culture and/or language barrier to treatment. The Center is dedicated to
bridging the gap between diverse client populations and mainstream mental
health provider organizations.
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Center for Refugee Studies
http://www.yorku.ca/crs/
The Center conducts research on refugee issues; informs public discussion,
policy development and practice innovation by international, governmental,
advocacy and service organizations; and supports teaching in refugee and
migration studies.
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Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
http://www.hprt-cambridge.org
The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) is a multi-disciplinary program
that has been pioneering the health and mental health care of traumatized
refugees and civilians in areas of conflict/post-conflict and natural disasters
for over two decades.
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Immigration and Refugee Services of America
http://www.refugeesusa.org/
IRSA provides real, workable solutions, and brings hope and opportunity to the
lives of thousands of refugees who are in crisis.
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International Catholic Migration Commission
http://www.icmc.net/
Works in the area of forced migration, and serves uprooted people. Responds to
the immediate needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and forced
migrants, and focuses on the most vulnerable within these populations.
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National Coalition for Haitian Rights
http://www.nchr.org/
A coalition of Haitian religious, labor and human rights organizations whose
aim is to assure that Haitian asylum applicants receive fair hearings in the
United States, and to educate the U.S. public about the political and economic
causes of the Haitians' flight from their homeland.
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National Immigration Forum
http://www.immigrationforum.org/
Advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants
and refugees and that are fair and supportive to newcomers in the US.
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Refugee Studies Centre
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/
The Centre's objectives are to carry out multidisciplinary research and
teaching on the causes and consequences of forced migration; to disseminate the
results of that research to policy makers and practitioners, as well as within
the academic community; and to understand the experience of forced migration
from the point of view of the affected populations.
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Refugees
International
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/
A private advocacy organization serving refugees, displaced populations, and
other vulnerable groups around the world.
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ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
An electronic clearinghouse for those needing timely information on
humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters -- designed specifically to help
the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies.
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TESOL
http://www.tesol.org/
Program for teachers of English to speakers of other languages. A service for non-English speaking refugees and immigrants.
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U.S. Committee for Refugees
http://www.refugees.org/
Founded in 1958 to coordinate the United States' participation in the United
Nations' International Refugee Year (1959), USCR has since worked for refugee
protection and assistance in all regions of the world to defend the rights of
all uprooted people regardless of their nationality, race, religion, ideology,
or social group.
