USCRI's mission is to address the needs and rights of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of migrants in community life.

USCRI implements programs and services for refugees and immigrants through our national and international offices, partners, and allies. Activities include but are not limited to:

(1) resettling refugees in the US from around the world

(2) funding and helping...
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USCRI implements programs and services for refugees and immigrants through our national and international offices, partners, and allies. Activities include but are not limited to:

(1) resettling refugees in the US from around the world

(2) funding and helping community-based organizations provide refugees and immigrants with a range of services including learning English, finding employment, and earning American citizenship.

(3) publishing the World Refugee Survey, collaborating with nearly 40 local human rights groups in refugee-hosting countries

(4) advocating for the end of warehousing, the 8 million men, women, and children who are denied their basic human rights

(5) assisting children sylum seekers through The National Center for Refugee & Immigrant Children, providing pro bono legal and social services to unaccompanied children released from detention in the United States.
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We would like youth to help us in fighting for the freedom of refugees and immigrants.

Today, 8 million of the world's 14 million refugees are warehoused. They are denied their basic human rights including the right of movement, employment, and ownership of property.
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We would like youth to help us in fighting for the freedom of refugees and immigrants.

Today, 8 million of the world's 14 million refugees are warehoused. They are denied their basic human rights including the right of movement, employment, and ownership of property.

For 10, 20 or 40 years, men, women, and children have been confined to their camps--arrested and deported to their native countries if they stray too far.

Camps are the breeding ground for disease, child soldiering, terrorist recruitment, and physical and sexual violence--> and these camps are often funded by UNHCR and UNDP

Please take the time to learn about refugee warehousing and learn spread the word about refugee warehousing and refugee rights

For more info on advocating for the rights of refugees:

go to the site: http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1109&rid=1179

Recent News

the NPR show on warehousing in Thailand:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4204283

Fighting breaks out in Palestinian camp in Lebanon
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/05/ap3788710.html

350,000 Burundian refugees living in Tanzanian Camps
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1190&rid=1179

The Burmese Refugees in Thailand
"Children born in the camps are already mothers and fathers, will they be grandmothers and grandfathers in the camp also?" member, Karen Refugee Committee
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1438&rid=1179

UNHCR and UNDP: the relief and development gap
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1520&rid=1179&subm=33&ssm=97&area=Investigate

Take action:
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1298&rid=1179

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