Im/Migrant Agency Report

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A.Title of agency or organization?
U.S. COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES

B.Where is home base (city/state/country)?
Washington D.C., U.S.A.

C.Date founded?
1911

D.Names of key spokespersons/officers
Lavinia Limón – President, Eskinder Negash – Vice President,
Many more staff members listed at
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1146&subm=72&area=AboutUs
Agencies Board of Directors listed at
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1145&subm=71&area=AboutUs

E.What/who is key constituency or audience?
World Governments, Refugees in need, General Public, People willing to donate money and/or time.

F.What are the agency’s main activities?
Helping refugees who are trying to move to the US to start a new life and become citizens. Bringing attention to the injustice of warehousing refugees. Fighting for freedom of refuges to live normal lives and earn a livelihood and freedom of movement.

G.Mission statement? (you may quote mission statement if available; use quotation marks!)
“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.”

H.What are the key im/migration issues of concern to this agency?
They want to end injustices suffered by refugees. They want to help refugees to be free to live as normal lives as possible while in exile, especially the right to earn a livelihood and freedom of movement. They want to end injustices suffered by refugee children at the U.S. border.


I.As best as you can determine, on what evidence/sources/research/community does this agency base its informational statements issued, press releases, reports, etc.?
They have a compilation of media from world news agencies as well as links / partnerships with other refugee and/or human rights groups.

J.Any publications? (what types, sample titles; if online, give links)
World Refugee Reports
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1342&subm=19&ssm=29&area=Investigate
Refugee Report
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1175&rid=1178&subm=19&ssm=30&area=Investigate
Refugee Voices
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1111&subm=19&ssm=31&area=Investigate

K.Give at least one citation about this agency from a newspaper article (preferably an Arizona newspaper). Use a citation index to research this e.g., Lexis Nexis, available from the Migration Course Web Page made by the Fletcher Library:
http://library.west.asu.edu/subjects/SOC/soc331.html Briefly state what the article is about, and provide a quote from the article that includes the agency’s name and gives a good idea of this agency’s perspective on im/migration. Note: not a quote from agency’s own web site!
U.S.A. Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-06-14-refugee-usat_x.htm
Posted 6/14/2005 9:56 PM Updated 6/14/2005 10:41 PM
Report gives U.S. an F, 2 A's for its handling of refugees
By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY
A new report card released today by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants gives the United States an F for forcing refugees back to their home countries and a D for holding them in detention. The group's annual World Refugee Survey gave the United States two A's for letting refugees move about freely and take jobs.

L.Any other issues of interest about the agency?
They urge people interested in helping to write there congress member.

M.Is the agency noticeably pro or con immigration?
Pro

N.Web site? Give URL
http://www.refugees.org/