The mission of USCRI 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 through our National and International Network of partners and allies. Activities include but are not limited to:

(1) Organizing the resettlement of refugees into the US from all over the world

(2) aiding and funding...
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USCRI implements programs and services through our National and International Network of partners and allies. Activities include but are not limited to:

(1) Organizing the resettlement of refugees into the US from all over the world

(2) aiding and funding community-based organizations of USCRI’s network to serve refugees

(3) helping refugees meet a range of needs when they first arrive, and continue to serve as their guide to life in the U.S.– to learning English, finding employment, and, eventually, earning American citizenship.

(4) advocating for refugee rights through our World Refugee Survey. USCRI collaborates with nearly 40 local human rights groups in refugee-hosting countries to produce this annual Survey.

(5) campaigning to End the Warehousing of Refugees. Through field offices and networks of NGOs, USCRI advocates for the 8 million refugees confined to camps and settlements worldwide

(6) assisting child asylum seekers through the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children. Through a grant from UNHCR and numerous law firms, USCRI provides pro bono legal and social services to unaccompanied children released from detention in the United States.

Please visit www.refugees.org for more information
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We would like youth to help us in fighting for the freedom of refugees and immigrants.

Currently, there are 14 million refugees in the world today. Many are warehoused--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.

Currently, there are 14 million refugees in the world today. Many are warehoused--denied their basic human rights including the right of movement, employment, and ownership of property.

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

Here's how you can advocate for the freedom of refugees.

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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