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BBC: Road to Refuge   - Interviews, testimonials, audio, slide show, and articles about people seeking refuge from war, persecution or disaster.

Comparisons: Seeking Asylum in Australia and Canada - 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.

Danish Refugee Council - 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.

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

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

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

Forced Migration Review - 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.

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

Human Rights Watch - World Report 2002 - Annual report on refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and internally displaced persons

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights - 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.

Konrad Weiss: The Right of Asylum. - Speech in the German Bundestag on the occasion of proposed changes to German asylum law, April 30, 1992.

Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX) - A Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web.

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights - Networking organization on immigrant and refugee issues in the United States.

New Zealand Refugee Law website (RefNZ) - Site dedicated to New Zealand refugee law. Provides full text search in Refugee Status decisions, Appeals and High Court decisions, Statistics, etc.

No Border Network - Group of grass-roots organizations that support free migration and abolishment of borders and deportations.

Organization for Aid to Refugees - 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.

The Palestine Right To Return Coalition - UK - Organization that supports the right of return of Palestinian refugees.

Refugee Camps - 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.

Refugees from Bhutan - Photographs and analysis of Bhutanese refugees living in UNHCR camps in Nepal.

Refugees: The Real Story - Information regarding current issues of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.

Religion and Politics in Conflict: The Question of Sanctuary - Since 1980 thousands fleeing oppression have sought protection from deportation in sanctuary though they lack residency permits.

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

Save North Korean Refugees - 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.

Scattered People - Australian stories and songs by refugees about the odyssey of refugees.

US Committee for Refugees - Defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced persons worldwide.

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

World Legal Information Institute: Refugees & Asylum - Legal directory and search engine - legislation, case-law, journals, law reform, by country and subject.

Seeking Protection:Addressing Sexual and Domestic Violence inTanzania's Refugee Camps - Human Rights Watch Report. (October, 2000)