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1. The State of the World's Refugees: Human Displacement in the New Millennium, by the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
   This 2006 report "presents the challenges to refugee protection and assesses the response of the international community." It looks at population dynamics, refugee protection, emergency response, potential solutions and future challenges, and more. The "A
   02-14-2008 : civil liberties, constitutional law, human rights, law by subject, laws, political refugees, refugees, refugees: legal status
2. Global Issues on the UN Agenda
   A long list of issues with links.
   02-08-2007 : africa, aging, agriculture, aids, antarctica, atomic energy, children, climate change, crime, culture, decolonization, demining, development cooperation, disarmament, disaster relief, drugs, education, elections, energy, environment, family, finance, food, global issues, governance, health, human rights, human settlements, humanitarian aid, indigenous people, information communications technology, intellectual property, international finance, international law, iraq, labor, law of the sea, least developed countries, outer space, palestine, peace, persons with disabilities, population, refugees, science and technology, security, social development, statistics, sustainable development, terrorism, trade, united nations, volunteerism, water, women, youth
3. Church World Service: Immigration and Refugees
   'Nearly 33 million people around the world are uprooted from their homes and communities by persecution and armed conflict.... [Seeks] to show hospitality to strangers, that is, to immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other uprooted people in the United States and around the world.'
   01-24-2007 : immigration, migration, refugees
4. World Global Trends: Extracts from Major Reports and Key Findings
   Covers supranational issues and various systems, including political, educational, environmental, economic, health, human, cultural, communications and resources. Also disasters.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : acid rain, aids, arms control, biodiversity, brain drain, capital flows, children, climate, commodity prices, communication systems, cooperation, coral reef, corruption, cultural systems, culture, debt, democracy, desertification, disasters, drugs, economic systems, educational systems, employment, energy, environment, export market, food, forest, global governance, global issues--managing, global reports, global summary, globalization, health, hiv/aids, human rights, human systems, interest, international business, international law, internet, investment, journalism, locust, malaria, migration, nutrition, political systems, population, poverty, refugees, religions, resources, science, supranatural system, telecommunication, trade, transportation, urbanization, wars and conflicts, water, women's studies, world global trends
5. Migration Information Source
   Offers 'fresh thought, authoritative data, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends' and records global migration movements. Includes countries' policies, forecasts, and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : emigration, forced migration, forecasts: migrations, global analysis: migration and refugee trends, global migration countries' policies: migration, immigration, migration, refugees, statistics:migration
6. Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2004
   Includes the rising incidence of tuberculosis in developing countries, hunger in Ethiopia, and the effects (including hunger, disease, and displacement of people) of continuing or past conflicts in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Somalia, Chechnya, Burundi, North Korea, and Liberia. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-12-2007 : burundi, chechnya, colombia, congo (kinshasa), developing countries, disease, displacement of people, ethiopia, human rights, hunger, liberia, north korea, poverty, refugees, somalia, the poor, tuberculosis, uganda, underreportted humanitarian sites
7. The Afghan Womens' Mission (AWM)
   Responding to the 'compelling need for adequate hospital facilities in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan.' Includes background information about the Afghan refugee crisis, an image gallery, current news, and electronic postcards highlighting the plight of women in Afghanistan. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-12-2007 : afghan refugee camps in pakistan, afghanistan: social conditions, afghans: pakistan, electronic postcards: plight of women in afghanistan, hospitals: need for, refugee camps in pakistan, refugee crisis, refugees, women: afghanistan
8. UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency
   Works to protect refugees and deal with the various issues involved. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-10-2007 : human rights studies, refugees, united nations
9. United States Committee for Refugees and Migrants
   Has USCR headlines, worldwide refugee information, how you can help, and more.
   01-10-2007 : human rights, migration, ngos, non-governmental organizations, refugees, united states, worldwide refugee information
10. InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action
    Search over 160 relief, development, environmental, and refugee agencies working in over 100 countries. Includes information on sustainable development, disaster response, advocacy reports, refugee information by country, and more.
    01-10-2007 : advocacy reports, development, disaster response, disasters, environmental, international relief, refugee agencies, refugee information, refugees, relief, sustainable development, voluntary international action
11. The World Revolution
    “... an idea for a new, global activist social movement for progressive social change. It aims to resolve in a definitive and comprehensive manner the major social problems of our world and our era. Major issue areas ... include: peace, human rights, the
    12-08-2006 : aging, aids, arms, biodiversity, child labor, child soldiers, children, children and war, climate change, columbia, congo, coral reefs, debt relief, desertification, development, ecological debt, education, environment, forests, global issues, human rights, human trafficking, imf, indigenous peoples, landmines, medicines, mountains, oceans, peace, population, refugees, tobin tax, water, weapons, women and war, world bank, world inequality
12. Global Issues
    'The following pages provide in-depth information on certain issues of concern to Human Rights Watch that cut across national boundaries.'
    12-08-2006 : abuse, academic freedom, aids, arms, caste discrimination, child soldiers, children's rights, corporations, counterterrorism, cultural rights, diplomatic assurances, drugs, economic rights, freedom of speech, gay studies, global issues, human rights, international criminal courts, justice, labor, lesbian studies, press freedom, prisons, racism, refugees, religious freedom, social rights, terrorism, torture, united nations, women's rights
13. Forced Migration Review
    A free online journal in English, Arabic, Spanish and French.
    11-10-2006 : human rights, migrations, refugees
14. Amnesty International Library: Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons
    Links to articles of human rights organization's recent publications. Documents in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : amnesty international, displaced persons, human rights, migrants, refugees
15. Freedmen's Bureau
    Established March 3, 1865, it supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen. Also had custody of confiscated Confederate property. Has records created or maintained by bureau headquarters, the assistant commissioners and the state superintendents. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : custody of confiscated confederate property, freedmen's bureau, reconstruction: united states, refugees, slavery: united states
16. National Somali Bantu Project
    Gives history, languages, health, education, social relations, daily life, and more on the Bantu of Somalia. Includes information for those involved with the resettlement of Somali Bantu refugees in the U.S.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : bantu-speaking peoples, daily life, education, ethnic relations, health, history, languages, national somali bantu project, refugees, resettlement of somali bantu refugees in the u.s., social relations, somalia
17. Crosspoint Anti Racism
    Covers anti-racism, migrants, anti-Semitism/Shoah, migrants/diversity, indigenous people, Jewish resources/Shoah, human rights/refugees, disability resources, Roma/Sinti/Travellers, gays and lesbians, and women's rights. In English, Spanish, German, French, or more.
    11-08-2006 : aboriginal peoples, anti-racism, anti-semitism, disability resources, diversity, ethnic groups, gay studies, human rights, indigenous peoples, jewish resources, lesbian studies, migrants, migration, prejudices, racism, refugees, roma, shoah, sinti, travellers, tribes, women's rights
18. FMR Links - Country-specific information: Bosnia-Herzegovina
    Has a number of links related to human rights and refugees.
    11-08-2006 : area and cultural studies, bosnia-hercegovina, bosnia-herzegovina, central europe, country studies, human rights, migrations, refugees, regions
19. America's Fund for Afghan Children Fact Sheet
    Provides food, shelter, and medicines to the refugee children of Afghanistan. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-07-2006 : american, child disaster victims: afghanistan, children, children at risk, humanitarian assistance, refugee children, refugees
20. International Rescue Committee
    IRC 'helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence' and was 'founded at the suggestion of Albert Einstein to assist Germans suffering under Hitler.' It now works in more than 30 countries. Searchable.
    11-07-2006 : albert einstein, germans suffering under hitler, human rights, international relief, international rescue committee, racial, refugees, religious and ethnic persecution, violence, war

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