IMMIGRANT CENTRE LINKS

The following links will take you to the related Internet sites that may be of some interest. The brief explanation for each site has been taken out of their existing material. The Immigrant Centre of Manitoba DOES NOT accept the responsibility for the contents of these sites.

American Refugee Committee
The American Refugee Committee (ARC) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, humanitarian organization working for the survival, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons affected by war. ARC works with uprooted people to help them rebuild productive lives of dignity, purpose and self-sufficiency while always striving to respect their cultures and values.
www.archq.org

Amnesty International
Amnesty International plays a specific role in the international protection of human rights. Its activities focus on prisoners:

It seeks the release of prisoners of conscience. These are people detained anywhere for their beliefs, color, ethnic origin, language or religion, who have not used or advocated violence.
It works for fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners and on behalf of such people detained without charge or trial.
It opposes the death penalty and torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of all prisoners without reservation.
Amnesty International's work is based on principles set forth in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The rights proclaimed by the declaration apply to all people. They have been incorporated into many countries' constitutions and laws and have been further elaborated in other human rights standards adopted by the United Nations.
www.amnesty.org

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an organization established in 1973 for cooperation between more than 50 non-governmental organizations in Europe concerned with refugees.
http://www.ecre.org/

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.
We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable.
We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.
We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.
www.hrw.org

InterAction
The American Council for Voluntary International Action is the nation’s largest coalition of international development, disaster relief and refugee assistance agencies. InterAction’s members include more than 150 US-based non-profit organizations, large and small, including secular and religious groups. Member organizations all share the same basic goals of easing human suffering and strengthening people’s ability to help themselves. InterAction coordinates and promotes these activities and htlps to ensure that goals are met in an ethical and cost-efficient manner.
www.interaction.org/index.html

National Immigration Forum
The National Immigration Forum supports the reunification of families, the rescue and resettlement of refugees fleeing persecution, and the equal treatment of immigrants under the law. We encourage immigrants to become U.S. citizens and promote cooperation and understanding between immigrants and other Americans.
www.immigrationforum.org

Oneworld Online
OneWorld Online is a partnership: over 100 organisations working for human rights and sustainable development. We are working together to broadcast an alternative world agenda, an agenda for a fairer world.
oneworld.org

OXFAM International
Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice. With many of the causes of poverty global in nature, members of Oxfam International believe they can achieve greater impact in addressing issues of poverty by their collective efforts.
www.oxfam.org/eng/

Refugee Voices
Refugee Voices is a US-based nonprofit organization that promotes public understanding of refugees in the United States and facilitates the ability of US citizens to get involved with refugees in their local communities.
www.irsa-uscr.org

Refugees International
Founded in 1979 in response to the forced repatriation of thousands of Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees, Refugees International provides early warning in crises of mass exodus. It seeks to serve as the advocate of the unrepresented -- the refugee.
www.refintl.org

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Helping the world's refugees is the job of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which was created by the U.N. General Assembly and began work in 1951. Refugees are defined as those who have fled their countries because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group, and who cannot or do not want to return. The total number of people who come under UNHCR’s concern rose from 17 million in 1991 to a record 27 million in 1995. Over the past two years, the number had gone down, reaching more than 22 million at 1 January 1997. Nevertheless, it still represents one out of every 255 people on this planet.
www.unhcr.ch

USAID
USAID is an independent federal government agency that conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the United States.
www.info.usaid.gov