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The following links lead to resources on the World Wide Web which are useful to people interested in refugee and immigration issues

Canadian non-governmental organizations
Canadian government sites
International non-governmental organizations
International inter-governmental organizations
Non-governmental organizations in the United States
Refugee law-related sites/databases

Canadian non-governmental organizations:

Canadian Council For Refugees

Amnesty International - Canada English-speaking

Amnistie internationale - Canada francophone

Anglican Diocese of Ottawa/Refugee Working Group

Archdiocese of Halifax Immigrant, Sponsorship and Refugee Office

Association for New Canadians (A.N.C)

Calgary Catholic Immigration Society

Calgary Immigrant Aid Society

Calgary Mennonite Centre for Newcomers

Canadian Baptist Ministries - Refugee Services

Canadian Ethnocultural Council

Canadian Friends of Burma

CAW-CANADA

Catholic Immigration Centre (Ottawa)

Centre for Refugee Studies (York University)

Chinese Canadian National Council

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee of Canada

COSTI (Toronto)

CultureLink

Diocese of London - Office of Refugees

Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers

FCJ Hamilton House (Toronto)

Immigrant Integration Coordinating Committee (of AMSSA, BC)

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services

Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement Toronto (CERIS)

Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre

Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council Inc

Mennonite Central Committee

Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association

M.O.S.A.I.C (Multilingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities)

Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants

Ottawa-Carlton Immigrant Services Organization

Presbyterian World Service and Development

Refugee Lawyers Association (Ontario)

RIVO: Intervention Network for people having been subjected to organized violence (Montréal)

Salvation Army Refugee Service

Table de Concertation

Tamil Eelam Society of Canada

Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society

Winnipeg Refugee Education Network.

World University Service of Canada

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Canadian government and government-mandated organizations:

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Immigration and Refugee Board

Access to Justice Network
(contains links to legislation and various legal resources)

Rights and Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development)

Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Department of Canadian Heritage

Canadian Human Rights Commission

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International non-governmental organizations:

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies)

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International inter-governmental organizations:

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

International Organization for Migration

United Nations home page

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Non-governmental organizations in the United States

Freedom House

Lawyers Committee For Human Rights

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

InterAction - American Council for Voluntary International Action

Human Rights First (USA)

National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights (US)

US Committee for Refugees

Vermont Refugee Assistance

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Refugee law-related sites/databases:

Asylumlaw.org

Global IDP Database (website on Internally Displaced Persons worldwide)

Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web

University of Minnesota, Human Rights Library  (Asylum and Refugee Resources)

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