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Banglarights’ Bangladesh Human Rights Network has a recent endorsement by USCRI |
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The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization that has served refugees and immigrants and defended the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons worldwide since 1911.
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is to address the needs and rights of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of migrants in community life.
It builds networks with civil society from refugee hosting and donor countries to promote refugee rights focusing particular attention on basic human rights to earn livelihoods-- such as the rights to work, practice professions, run businesses, and own property-and freedom of movement. Refugees, human rights advocates, business and labor leaders, representatives of faith communities, and other civil society actors are encouraged to attend.
It tries to draw attention of world leaders to the problem of refugee “warehousing”-refugees in situations of restricted mobility, enforced idleness, and dependency, their lives on indefinite hold - in violation of their basic rights under the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Of the world’s 11.5 million refugees, nearly 8 million have effectively been warehoused for five years or more, most for decades. “The international community has a moral obligation to end this illegal and ineffective practice. In 1993, the average refugee situation lasted nine years. By 2003, the average duration increased to 17 years, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
USCRI's resettlement program and network of community-based partner agencies help thousands of refugees build new lives in the United States each year. USCRI publishes the World Refugee Survey and Refugee Reports.
www.refugees.org/warehousing.
New Endorsements
The Statement Calling for Solutions to End the Warehousing of Refugees now has 341 endorsements, including these recent additions:
Organizations
Albanian Helsinki Committee
Almaty Helsinki Committee (Kazakhstan)
Bangladesh Human Rights Network
Canadian Helsinki Watch Group
Center on Global Prosperity
Centre for Protection of Minorities and Against Racism and Discrimination in Bhutan
Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism
Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms (Kosovo)
Ghazi Rural Support Program (Afghanistan)
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Helsinki Association (Armenia)
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia
Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan
Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan
International Federation of Settlements & Neighborhood Centres
International Human Rights Observer (Pakistan)
Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Organization (Cambodia)
Kyrgyz Committee for Human Rights
Migrant Forum in Asia
Minority Rights Group - Greece
Mizan, Law Group for Human Rights (Jordan)
Montenegrin Helsinki Committee
National Association of Community Legal Centres in Australia
Refugees into Teaching in Scotland
Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims
Ukranian Helsinki Human Rights Union
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Ain o Salish Kendro (ASK), is a legal aid and human rights resource centre. It provides free legal aid to the poor- women, workers and child workers... >> details
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22 percent of country's population poor, destitute women
Dhaka, Feb 6 (BDNEWS)- About 22 percent of the total population of the country are poor and destitute women. According to women affairs directorate, there are 17,39,542 poor and destitute women in the country.13/02/06 >> details |
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