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.
UNHCR is not responsible for the content and availability of non-UNHCR websites. Content displays in a new window.
Forced Migration Online (FMO)
"Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users." (from website) Type: Reference Information | Topic: Migration |
Forced Migration Online - News Sources
Type: Reference Information | Topic: Migration |
Global Commission on International Migration
The aim of the commission is to provide the framework for the formulation of a coherent, comprehensive and global response to migration. Type: Inter-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Migration |
Human Rights Watch (HRW): Migrants
Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Migration |
Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Netherlands
Site in Dutch and English. Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Migration |
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB)
Site in English and French. Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Migration |
Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS)
"The Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental research institute of the University of Osnabrück. IMIS includes scholars from various fields and disciplines: demography, geography, history, politics, law, economics, ethnology, sociology, intercultural education, intercultural management, gender studies, linguistics, literature, and psychology." (from website) Type: Research Institution | Topic: Migration |
Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES), University of Amsterdam
The research programme of IMES focuses on the Dutch situation with specific attention given to the city of Amsterdam, but from an international and comparative perspective. Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Migration |
Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM), Georgetown University
ISIM focuses on all aspects of international migration, including the causes of and potential responses to population movements, immigration and refugee law and policy, comparative migration studies, the integration of immigrants into their host societies, and the effects of international migration on social, economic, demographic, foreign policy and national security concerns. Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Migration |
Inter-University Committee on International Migration
The Inter-University Committee on International Migration is a focal point for migration and refugee studies at member institutions, which include Boston University, Brandeis University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, and Wellesley College. Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Migration |