Links
Sites are listed alphabetically. Where appropriate, Scottish specific links are listed first.
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Refugee Organisations
Asylum Aid
Asylum Support
Crosspoint NGO directory
Electronic Immigration Network
ESOL Scotland
European Council on Refugees and Exiles
Immigration Advisory Service
Irish Refugee Council
Jesuit Refugee Service
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
North of England Refugee Service
Refugee Academics
Refugee Council
Refugees International (US)
Refugee Legal Centre
Refugee Survival Trust
Student Action for Refugees
UNHCR
U.S. Committee for Refugees
WWW V-Lib: Migration and Ethnic Relations Journal
Other Non-Governmental Organisations
Label Paris Europe Network - European information & good practice network on treatment of asylum seekers.
Amnesty International Scotland
Oxfam Scotland
Positive Action In Housing
Scottish Human Rights Centre
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Volunteer Centre Glasgow
Campaign Against Racism and Fascism
Ethnicity, Racism and Media Group
Internet Centre Anti-Racism Europe
Institute of Public Policy Research
Institute of Race Relations
Human Rights Watch
Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
Red Cross also have a good family tracing service
International Organization of Migration (IOM)
Government Sites
Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland
COSLA Refugee and Asylum Seekers Consortium
Scottish Executive
Home Office
Home Office Asylum Statistics
Asylum and immigration Tribunal
United Kingdom Borders Agency
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)
Housing and Welfare
Citizens Advice Bureau
Homeless Information Pages
Independent Review Service (IRS)
Jobcentre Plus
Positive Action in Housing
Shelter Scotland
Media
AlertNet Reuteurs news service alerting humanitarian organisations to emergency situations around the world.
Ethnicity, Racism and Media Group
Refugee and Asylum Seekers Media Project (RAM)
www.asylumpolicy.info Up-to-date news and reading on asylum policy.
UK Newspapers
The Herald
The Scotsman
The Edinburgh Evening News
The Evening Times (Glasgow)
The Guardian and The Observer
Television and Radio
The BBC's news site and the World Service
Channel Four News
CNN
Others
The Big Issue
The Washington Post
The Wire - Associated Press
The Press Complaints Commission
For a good background to many issues see The Guardian's dedicated pages on Immigration and Asylum
Education & Employment
Diverse Routes - This website will be of interest to you if you are thinking about studying at college or university and you are a new migrant, EU national, refugee, asylum seeker or perhaps you have been settled in Scotland for many years.
Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees - University of Essex
Offers an MA /PhD course in Refugee Care.
Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland
Council for Assisting Refugee Academics
Jobcentre Plus
WWW V-Lib: Migration and Ethnic Relations Journals
Join up for Jobs - Edinburgh's Employability Agreement
Children
ARC - Good Practice for those working with Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children
Children's Commissioner for Scotland
Children's Parliament
CARIS Information on legal issues affecting young asylum seekers in Scotland provided by Save the Children and University of Glasgow