The list provided here is, in no way, comprehensive of all the research and publications that are available regarding the wide spectrum of challenges that refugees face during the whole resettlement process. Please visit our LINKS section to connect to organizations that specialize in a variety of areas of refugee resettlement.

Topics:

Country of Origin
Information on Meskhetian Turks        
Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
The 1972 Burundians
Cultural Profile: Refugees from Burma
Cultural Profile: Somali Bantu
Iraqis: History & Culture
Iraqi Kurds: Profile

Women & Children
Abuse Without End: Burmese Refugee Women & Children at Risk of Trafficking
Human Rights for All
Women, Girls, Boys & Men: Different Needs- Equal Opportunities
Freedom From Violence-Brochure       

Human Rights Treaties
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Convention of End All Forms of Discrimination Against Women  (US Signed, Not Ratified)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  (US Signed, not Ratified)  
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (US Ratified, behind on reporting)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (US Signed, not ratified)
Convention Against Torture (US Ratified)
International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (US Ratified)

More treaties and human rights information: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/intlinst.htm

 

 

Asylum Seekers

Asylum seekers are people who are in the US, or at received at a point of entry into the US who cannot or will not return to their country of origin due to fear of persecution. Like refugees, the fear of persecution must be based on the asylee’s race, nationality, political opinions or membership in a particular social group. Asylum seekers undergo the process of legalization while in the US.
National Immigration Forum: Refugees & Asylum
Asylee Eligibilty for Resettlement Assistance