National Links

American Refugee Committee
Nonprofit, nonsectarian organization working for the survival, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons affected by war.

Amnesty International USA Refugee Information
Questions and answers from AIUSA on the human rights of refugees.

GCIR: Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Promotes awareness among grantmakers about issues concerning immigrants and refugees and works to increase financial support for projects benefiting refugee communities.

InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action
The nation's largest coalition of international development, disaster relief and refugee assistance agencies. InterActions members include more than 150 US-based non-profit organizations, large and small, including secular and religious groups. InterAction coordinates and promotes their activities and helps to ensure
that goals are met in an ethical and cost-efficient manner.

INS: Immigration and Naturalization Service
An agency of the Department of Justice, the INS is responsible for regulating the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States and administering various immigration benefits, including naturalization of qualified applicants for U.S. citizenship.

IRS: Internal Revenue Service
A branch of the Department of Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides information, help and resources for filing taxes in the United States.

IRSA: Immigration and Refugee Services of America
The Immigration and Refugee Services of America (IRSA) assists refugees in relocating to the United States through a variety of education and development programs.

ORR: Office of Refugee Resettlement
Helps refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, asylees, and other beneficiaries to establish a new life founded on the dignity of economic self-support in the United States.

SEARAC: Southeast Asian Resource Action Center
SEARAC was founded in 1979 to facilitate the relocation of Southeast Asian refugees into American society and the development of nonprofit organizations led by and for Southeast Asians.

US Census Bureau
The latest United States Census data, including demographic profiles, population distribution and projections, provided by the US Department of Commerce.

USCR: US Committee for Refugees
USCR was founded in 1958 to coordinate the United States' participation in the United Nations' International Refugee Year (1959). In the forty years since, USCR has worked for refugee protection and assistance in all regions of the world.