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Worst Places for Refugees
Thailand, South Africa, Gaza, Malaysia, Kenya, Egypt, and Turkey are among the worst places for refugees according to USCRI's just released World Refugee Survey 2009. Click here for more.

Get Your Copy of the 2009 World Refugee Survey
The 2009 edition includes refugee statistics, country reports, and updated grades of the worst and best countries for refugees. Click here to order.

Stop the violation of Burundian refugees' rights in Tanzania
Send an email message to Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania, Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi, Antonio Gutteres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees , Yacoub El Hillo, Country Representative, UNHCR Tanzania, and Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State. Click here to take action.

Refugees tell their stories of survival and hope through photos
A unique USCRI program teaches refugees to use photography as a means of expressing themselves as they build a new life in America. The project is called Unseen America. Click here to view refugee photos and poems from Unseen America.

Donate Your Used Furniture and Goods to Help Refugees
Does your garage no longer have any room for your car? Is your closet overflowing? Tired of paying for a storage unit? You can both clean out clutter in your home and help newly arrived refugees in your community. Donate gently used furniture and goods to help refugees furnish their first apartment in America. Click here to donate your goods today.

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Supports American Civic Association in the Wake of the Tragic Shooting
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is shocked and saddened by the shooting at the American Civic Association of Binghamton, New York, one of our partner agencies. American Civic Association has been serving refugees and immigrants in the community since 1939. Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and the Binghamton community. Click here view the feature.

Listen to our Refugee Voices Podcast: 
A refugee starts his life again, in the first entry in our Refugee Voices podcast series. Click here view the feature.

Carabao, Thailand's most popular rock group, debuts "For Refugees":
Thailand's most popular rock group, Carabao, recently debuted an original song about the plight of refugees living in Thailand. Click here view the feature.

Keeping Refugee Families Together
Helping refugee families build healthy, loving relationships, as they build a new life in America is what the Refugee Healthy Marriage Program (RHMP) is all about.Click here view the feature.

Iraqi refugee family starts over in Detroit
Ala'a, Sanaa and their two daughters fled to Jordan as refugees, where they lived for three years. They were among 450,000 Iraqi refugees who have fled to Jordan last year, and like many, were subject to much discrimination. Yet because Ala'a had worked for the U.S. military, his family was given special consideration to be resettled to the U.S. With the help of USCRI, they arrived in Detroit, Michigan in January, 2008. Click here view the feature.

Thailand's treatment of Rohingya refugees 'unjustifiable'
The Thai military has come under harsh criticism in the past two months for its brutal mistreatment of over 500 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and seeking refuge in Thailand. Click here view the feature.

Remembering Alison des Forges
She was a renowned expert on the complex ethnic strife in Africa's Great Lakes region and always willing to share her information and valuable analyses with colleagues. Readers of the World Refugee Survey in particular benefited from her input. Click here view the feature.

Refugees in Kenya now speak with their own voice
No longer content to wait for world leaders in distant capitals to improve conditions in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, or to let relief workers speak for them, refugees are using the Internet to directly tell people around the world about their plight and demand that their basic human rights be observed. Click here view the feature.

Angelina Jolie Denounces the Human Warehousing of Refugees in Thailand
Long time refugee advocate, Angelina Jolie has called on the Thai government to take steps to end the warehousing of Myanmar refugees in northern Thailand. Click here view the feature.

Secretary of State Clinton Calls for Solutions for Warehoused Refugees
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her commitment to making refugees a priority and to finding solutions for warehoused refugees at her recent confirmation hearing. Click here view the feature.

Nowhere to Call Home: Abraham Awolich speaks candidly with USCRI about his refugee experience
Think back to when you were 10 years old. What would you have done if your parents were killed by soldiers, leaving you all alone? Can you imagine having no choice but to flee on foot to seek safety? Neither could Abraham Awolich, a refugee from Sudan. He is one of five million refugees who have fled the brutal civil war that has plagued the nation for the past 23 years. Click here view the feature.

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