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The Refugee Law Center is a non-profit non-governmental organization
working to protect and strengthen the rights of refugees and immigrants.
Among other things, in the last several years we have:
Provided representation to numerous asylum seekers and safe haven seekers
from countries including: Algeria, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria,
South Africa, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda -- all of those whom have had their
asylum interviews or hearings completed, or their claims otherwise adjudicated,
have been successful in that they have been granted asylum, permanent resident
status or naturalization.
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Printed and distributed two books. The first, Law of Asylum In the United
States written by Deborah Anker (co-founder and co-director of RLC) has
been described as “THE authoritative and comprehensive single-volume source
on US asylum law.” by Carolyn Patty Blum, Director of the International
Human Rights Law Clinic & Lecturer on Law at Boalt Hall School of Law,
University of California, Berkeley. The second is Gender Asylum Law in
Different Countries - Decisions and Guidelines.
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Recently re-engineered, the Refugee
Law Center’s web site, making it significantly more user friendly and
useful to asylum and immigration law practitioners, but also asylees/refugees,
health professionals and other human rights activists.
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Updated our data base of gender asylum claims and decisions form the United
States and other countries. To date, we are tracking monitoring and advising
in over 300 cases.
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Written numerous Amicus Curie (friend of the court) briefs in support of
appeals before U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Board of Immigration
Appeals and the U.S. Attorney General on issues involving women and gender
related asylum claims. These amicus briefs have been submitted in collaboration
with numerous other local and national immigrant and human rights organizations.
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Compiled and distributed annotated indexes of country conditions documentation
compiled to document and support of asylum claims.
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Launched a data base of experts and areas of expertise for use by practitioners.
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Recently launched a new initiative in collaboration with Partners in Health,
the Program on Health, with the goal of and providing research, medical
and anthropoligical/sociological analysis, legal analysis, representation
and backup for persons seeking asylum and other forms of immigration status
on the basis of their medical condition or the human rights violations
they will suffer should they be forcibly removed to another country, particularly
for those seeking refugee protection in the United States.
In order to continue our work of fulfilling our
mission by building on the above listed and other achievements, the
Refugee Law Center relies heavily on private donations. As the Refugee
Law Center is a 501(c)(3), all donations are tax-deductible and very much
appreciated. Donations should be mailed with the attached form to:
Refugee Law Center
705 Center Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02130
However, should you desire to make a pledge, please complete the attached
form and click on Submit when you are ready to send, and the Refugee Law
Center will contact you:
For further information, please contact us by telephone at (617) 983-2700
or email John Willshire.
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