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bulletWhere is home base (city/state/country)?         Oxford, United Kingdom
bulletWhat is key constituency or audience?    Policy makers, practitioners and the academic community
bulletWhat are the agency’s main activities?   Are to research and understand forced migration for future reference in         policy making.
bulletMission statement?     "Its objectives are to carry out multidisciplinary research and teaching on the caused and consequences of forced Migration; to disseminate the results of that research to policy makers and practitioners, as well as within the academic community; and to understand the experience of forced migration from the point of view of the affected population" ---Global Health Council
bulletWhat are key im/migration issues of concern to this agency?    Forced migration, the experience and management of displacement, and institutional and normative responses to forced migration
bulletWhat is the most common basis for statements issued, agency’s research, press releases, etc.?    They use mostly their publications and research to establish what they have discovered
bulletIs the agency noticeably pro or con immigration?    The agency is to learn about forced migration and the effects it has on them, the economy, and the people surrounding them.
bulletAny publications? (what types, titles)    RSC Working Papers, Journal of Refugee Studies, Forced Migration Review (magazine), and Studies in Forced Migration (book series).
bulletNames of key spokespersons/officers    None Given
bulletOther issues of interest?   Internal displacement, person(s) forced to migrate from one part of the country to another.
bulletWeb site? www.rsc.ox.ac.uk