This collection of external links is a directory of organizations dealing with refugee, asylum and human rights topics or provide (country-specific) information otherwise useful for practitioners. The directory contains over 3000 links to relevant internet sources and has been compiled and organized by type of organization, topic/mandate, regions and countries they relate to. This additional service has been provided to facilitate research by providing a mechanism to access information that may be relevant for decision makers and is not as such included in Refworld.
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Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (CEIFO)
"The Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations is an inter-disciplinary research unit at Stockholm University. Its principal aim is to coordinate and develop research in the field of international migration and ethnic relations." (from website) Type: Research Institution | Topic: Migration |
Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
"The mission of COMPAS is to conduct high quality research in order to develop theory and knowledge, inform policy-making and public debate, and engage users of research within the field of migration." (from website) Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Migration |
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Site in English and French Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Migration |
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW)
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families by its State parties. Type: United Nations | Topic: Migration |
Council of Europe: Migration
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Migration |
Electronic Immigration Network
EIN is a specialist provider of information on UK immigration and refugee law via the Internet. EIN also contains information on immigration/asylum issues and caselaw from the European Union and selected documents from other English-speaking jurisdictions. Type: Reference Information | Topic: Migration |
European Forum for Migration Studies (EFMS), University of Bamberg
" The european forum for migration studies (efms) is a scientific institute at the University of Bamberg. Founded in 1993, its main topics are migration and integration of migrants in Europe. The efms is active in the areas of scientific research, policy counselling, preparation of expert surveys, evaluation, training, information and documentation." (from website). Site in English and Germen. Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Migration |
European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER)
"ERCOMER actively encourages, supports and promotes comparative research in the fields of international migration and ethnic relations within a European context." (from website) Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Migration |
Federal Police of Germany
Site in German and English Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Migration |
Finnish Immigration Service
"This site gives you information on immigration principles and practices applied in Finland. The Finnish Immigration Service was called Directorate of Immigration before year 2008." (from website). Site in Finnish, Swedish and English. Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Migration |