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American
Immigration Lawyers Association
The national bar association of more than 8,000 lawyers and law
professors who practice and teach immigration law.
Amnesty
International
The world's largest human rights organization, it seeks the release
of prisoners of conscience, works for the fair and prompt trials
for all political prisoners and opposes the death penalty.
Harvard
Program in Refugee Trauma
A multi-disciplinary program that has pioneered the health and mental
health care of traumatized refugees and civilians in areas of conflict/post-conflict
and natural disasters.
Human
Rights Watch
Investigates and exposes human rights violations and holds abusers
accountable. It challenges governments to end abusive practices
and respect international human rights law.
International
Committee of the Red Cross
Directs and coordinates international relief activities and works
to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal
violence and to provide them with assistance.
International
Organization for Migration
Works with the international community to assist humane and orderly
migration.
International
Rescue Committee
Provides relief, protection and resettlement services for refugees
and victims of oppression or violent conflict.
Lawyers
Committee for Human Rights
Lobbies the US government to provide better protection for refugees
and asylum seekers.
Lutheran
Immigrant and Refugee Services
A nation-wide resettlement agency that specializes in unaccompanied
children.
National
Immigration Forum
Advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome
immigrants and refugees and that are fair and supportive to newcomers
in the United States.
National
Immigration Project
A network of immigration lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers,
and legal workers who work to end unlawful immigration practices,
to recognize the contributions of immigrants in this country, to
promote fair immigration practices, and to expand the civil and
human rights of all immigrants, regardless of their status in the
United States.
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Physicians
for Human Rights
Among its programs, PHR operates the Asylum Network, a group of over
300 professionals that provides pro bono medical and psychological
evaluations of asylum seekers.
Refugees
International
Serves refugees, displaced persons, and other dispossessed people
around the world through on-site field assessment missions.
UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has a mandate to
lead and co-ordinate international action for the worldwide protection
of refugees and the resolution of refugee problems. Its primary purpose
is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.
UNRWA
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
in the Near East provides services to 3.8 million registered Palestine
refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
US
Committee for Refugees
A nonprofit humanitarian organization that works for the protection
and assistance of uprooted people around the world.
US
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Part of the Department of Justice, INS is the US agency that handles
immigration and asylum applications. Slated to become part of the
Department of Homeland Security.
United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Resettles refugees, advocates on behalf of immigrants and people
on the move, and provides pastoral care to newcomers from all over
the world.
Women's
Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Works to ensure that refugee and displaced women, children and adolescents
are given protection, encouraged to participate, and have access
to education, health services and livelihood opportunities. Part
of the International Rescue Committee.
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The
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights
Provides comprehensive health care for refugees and survivors of
torture and related trauma, coordinated with legal aid and social
services.
Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants
Assists refugees in adjusting to life in Massachusetts. Supports
programs for refugees and immigrants, acts as their public advocate,
coordinates state and federal services on refugees' behalf, and
works to make mainstream programs linguistically and culturally
accessible to refugees and immigrants.
Greater
Boston Legal Services
Their immigration unit represents asylum-seekers, undocumented battered
women and undocumented unaccompanied minors to help them obtain
legal status from the INS.
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International
Institute of Boston
Fosters the success of immigrants and refugees in the United States
by providing a range of comprehensive professional and cultural
services.
Massachusetts
Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Promotes the rights, opportunities and well-being of immigrant and
refugee communities by focusing on policy advocacy, public education,
capacity building and leadership development in newcomer communities.
Political
Asylum/Immigration Representation Project
The PAIR Project is a pro bono immigration organization that represents
low-income asylum-seekers in the United States who have fled from
persecution in countries around the world.
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