International Inter-Governmental & Non-Governmental Organizations: Migration & Refugees

"The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), is the leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide."

"FMR supports the interests and information needs of those responding to crises that cause displacement; publicises research that is relevant to these interests and needs; and aims to support learning, training, advocacy, policymaking and research."

"The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster."

"The Migration Information Source provides fresh thought, authoritative data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends. A unique, online resource, the Source offers useful tools, vital data, and essential facts on the movement of people worldwide. "

The United Nations major international migration page. Find links to data, publications, presentations, and more.

View and/or download "the latest data and information available on international migration and development, covering topics such as size of the migrant stock, refugees, net migration, remittances, and ratification status in respect of relevant United Nations instruments."

"This page provides data, trends, an interactive data visualization platform and statistical reports on...refugees, asylum seekers, returned refugees, internally displaced and stateless people around the world." From the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

"IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people."

Information from the UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, on refugee resettlement.

By Elisa Mason, the information manager for the Forced Migration Online project at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

By Elisa Mason, the information manager for the Forced Migration Online project at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

"Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks."

Use for law texts, by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Includes the so called "Red Cross or Geneva Treaties/Conventions on War."