| Refugee Council of Australia |
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RCOA is a non-profit organisation registered as an incorporated association in the Australian Capital Territory. It is funded through contributions from its members and by project grants from government agencies, in particular the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. In 2000, the Refugee Council was highly commended by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in its Human Rights Day Awards for the promotion of humane and constructive policies towards refugees. |
| Centre for Refugee Research |
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The Centre for Refugee Research is an interdisciplinary Centre at the University of New South Wales, which focuses on refugee flows and resettlement issues in the Asia Pacific Region. In partnership with state, national, regional and international agencies, the Centre is an initiator of research and innovative education programs. It is situated in the School of Social Work, who have provided office space for the Centre. |
| Amnesty International - Australia |
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An independent, politically impartial worldwide movement, Amnesty International works to both promote and to defend human rights around the world. Refugees and asylum-seekers have the same rights as any other human being, including the fundamental right to liberty and security of person. Amnesty International opposes the forcible return of anyone to a country where they risk serious human rights abuses such as unfair detention, torture, "disappearance" or execution. We denounce states which fail to provide adequate protection against forcible return, or which prevent those at risk from seeking asylum. |
| Rural Australians for Refugees |
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"An informal group of concerned citizens prepared to work hard to turn this country away from an inhumane and bizarre policy." |
| Refugee Review Tribunal |
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The Refugee Review Tribunal is an independent body established by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. The Tribunal reviews individual decisions made by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs concerning refugees in Australia. It commenced operation on July 1, 1993. |
| Australia. Dept. of Immigration - Refugee and Humanitarian Program |
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The Humanitarian Program is one part of the Australian approach to help people affected by international humanitarian crises. In the past 50 years, almost 600,000 refugees and displaced people have been resettled in Australia. Many had close family ties to Australia. |
| Medecins sans frontieres |
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation committed to two objectives:
providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people they help. |
| United Nations High Commission for Refugees - UNHCR |
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established by the U.N. General Assembly in 1950. The protection of an estimated 20 million uprooted people is the core mandate of UNHCR. Using the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention as its major tool, it ensures the basic human rights of vulnerable persons and that refugees will not be returned involuntarily to a country where they face persecution. |
| European Council on Refugees and Exiles |
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ECRE is an umbrella organisation of 73 refugee-assisting agencies in 30 countries working towards fair and humane policies for the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees. |
| The Refugee Council |
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The largest organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees. |
| Canadian Council for Refugees |
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The Canadian Council for Refugees is a non-profit umbrella organization committed to the rights and protection of refugees in Canada and around the world and to the settlement of refugees and immigrants in Canada. The membership is made up of organizations involved in the settlement, sponsorship and protection of refugees and immigrants. The Council serves the networking, information-exchange and advocacy needs of its membership. |
| International Committee of the Red Cross - Refugees and internally displaced persons |
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded nearly a century and a half ago. It seeks to preserve a measure of humanity in the midst of war. Its guiding principle is that even in war there are limits: limits on how warfare is conducted and limits on how combatants behave. Protecting and assisting refugees is the responsibility of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The ICRC considers itself directly concerned by the fate of refugees who are civilian victims of armed conflict or disturbances or of their direct results ie refugees in situations covered by the ICRC's mandate. The ICRC performs a role as a neutral and independent intermediary. |
