Lists
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Refugees (Benschop)
Provides over 70 sources of information. 11-99
News
- Refugee News (Refugees.org)
Provides news on the status of refugees. Provides a current focus on Iraq's refugees, by hosting country. 4-03
Papers
- -Refugee Camps - The Human Toll (CBC)
 Describes how refugee camps are set up, or need to be set up, to serve displaced people. People are often displaced as a result of warfare.
"The goal is to keep the mortality rate at less than one person per 10,000 per day. More than one person per 10,000 per day is considered a very serious situation, more than two is an emergency and more than five is a major catastrophe."
"The main causes of death and disease in emergency situations are measles, diarrhoeas (including cholera), acute respiratory infections, malnutrition and malaria." 4-03
- Essay - Palestinian Rage from Exile and Occupation (Chicago Tribune - Karmi)
"These narratives are rooted in the fundamental attachment Palestinians have to the land historically known as Palestine--modern-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The land has been predominantly Arab since the 7th Century, and Palestinians base their claim to the land on 13 centuries of continuous habitation."
"Palestinians call the creation of Israel in 1948 al Nakbeh, the catastrophe. Out of a total population of about 1.25 million, almost 60 percent of all Palestinians were displaced...."
"Homeless and stateless, most of the Palestinian refugees ended up in camps hastily erected by their host countries and the UN. Most of these refugees and their descendants remain in those camps to this day. Many still have no passports and have never left the countries where they reside. Almost all still dream of their homes in Palestine, or, in more and more cases now, of their fathers' and grandfathers' homes."
"It is impossible to overstate the sense of injustice Palestinians feel over the displacement of almost their entire people." 5-02
- Iraqi Refugees: Inevitable Disaster (CBC News)
"The United Nations estimates that up to 900,000 Iraqi refugees may flee the country if there is a war, and there could be another 500,000 people displaced inside Iraq. They would be in desperate need of food, shelter and medical supplies." 3-03
- Kniting Project (PeaceFleece.com)
Describes a project to help refugees of Kosovo to find meaning and some income by providing them with the tools for kniting. 1-01
- Locations of Afghan Refugees (Guardian Unlimited)
Provides a map of refugee movements and locations. (Uses Macromedia Flash format.) 10-01
- Palestinian Refugee Camps (CBC News - O'Malley and John Bowman)
"When the dust had settled [in 1948], Israel controlled three-quarters of what was Palestine, Jordan took control of the West Bank of the Jordan River, and Egypt took over the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians took over nothing, except the transient security of life in refugee camps throughout the region." "UNRWA estimates the number of registered Palestinian refugees has grown from 914,000 in 1950 to more than 3.8 million in 2001, and keeps rising." 5-02
- Palestinian Refugees (CNN.com)
Describes the refugee problem that is at the heart of the conflict between Jews and Palestinians. "Despite a U.N. resolution recognizing the Palestinians' right to return to their homes, Israeli law barred those Palestinians from re-entering Israel at the end of the war. The Palestinians became refugees, taken in by other Arab states." The Jewish view is that allowing the Palestinians to return to their homes "would create a demographic problem for Israel, making it unable to continue as a Jewish state." From a Palestinian view, "the displacement of Palestinians cuts to the core of Palestinian national identity. Many Palestinians say their right to return goes beyond the U.N. resolution, stemming from a right of a people to live in their homeland." 12-01
- Refugee Health Assessments (Minnesota Department of Health)
Provides information for refugees on gaining a health assessment in the United States. Although it is designed for Minnesota, similar guidelines apply for many other states. 6-99
- Who Is a Refugee? (MSF.ca)
Defines the United Nations definition of a refugee: " 'any person who, (...)owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country (...).' " Also provides personal stories of refugees, the role of humanitarian agencies, what is done to protect refugees, and more. Distinguishes between a refugee and an internally displaced person (IDP). 4-03
- Who Is a Refugee? (United Nations)
Defines the United Nations definition of a refugee according to the 1951 Convention. "The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the key legal document in defining who is a refugee, their rights and the legal obligations of states." 4-03
Projects
- Help Iraqi Refugees (OxfamAmerica.org)
Provides food, water, sanitation, supplies, and other assistance. 3-03
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