IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RESOURCES:
Healthcare, Social Services, Legal Advocacy & Human Rights

Local Resources:

Boston Medical Center -- Refugee Health and Human Rights Center
Dowling 7
1 Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, MA  02118
Telephone: 617-414-4794
Fax: 617-414-4796
http://www.bcrhhr.org/
The mission of the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights is to provide comprehensive health care for refugees and survivors of torture and related trauma, coordinated with legal aid and social services. It also exists to educate and train agencies and professionals who serve this patient population, to advocate for the promotion of health and human rights in the United States and worldwide, and to conduct clinical, epidemiological, and legal research for the better understanding and promotion of health and quality of life for survivors of torture and related trauma.

Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (CLSACC)
One West Street
Cambridge, MA  02139
Telephone: 617-661-1010
Fax: 617-661-3289
http://www.clsacc.org/index.html
CLSACC provides free legal assistance and affordable mental health counseling to people with low incomes. It provides most of its services through the efforts of volunteer lawyer and counselors, with assistance from law students, interns and volunteer paralegals. Volunteer lawyers are members of the Massachusetts bar. Volunteer counselors are licensed clinical social workers, psychologists, and mental health counselors.

International Institute of Boston
One Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
Telephone: 617-695-9990
Fax: 617-695-9191
http://www.iiboston.org/
The Institute provides immigrants and refugees with direct and practical assistance in the form of English & literacy courses, Refugee Resettlement services, Citizenship Education, Economic Development, Employment Training & Placement, Legal Aid and Social Services (e.g. crisis intervention, mental health counseling, human trafficking prevention). 

International Rescue Committee in Boston
101 Tremont Street, #401
Boston, MA   02108
Tel: (617) 482-1154
http://www.theirc.org/where/united_states_boston_ma/
Since 1979, the International Rescue Committee in Boston has welcomed 13,000 refugees and asylees from over 40 countries, helping them adjust to living and working in the greater Boston area. 

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition
105 Chauncy Street, #901
Boston, MA 02111
Telephone: 617-350-5480
Fax: 617-350-5499
http://www.miracoalition.org/
MIRA works to advocate for the rights and opportunities of immigrants and refugees. In partnership with its members, MIRA advances this mission through education, training, leadership development, organizing, policy analysis and advocacy.

Political Asylum/ Immigration Representation Project (PAIR)
14 Beacon Street, Room 804A
Boston, MA  02108
Phone: 617-742-9296
Fax: 617-742-9385
http://www.pairproject.org/
PAIR represents a coalition of legal services agencies, civil rights and civil liberties organizations, and bar associations formed to provide pro bono legal representation of immigrants, refugees, and asylees in Massachusetts.

Physicians for Human Rights
2 Arrow Street, Suite 301
Cambridge, MA  02138
Telephone: 617-301-4200
Fax: 617-301-4250
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/
Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professionals to advance health, dignity, and justice and promotes the right to health for all. Harnessing the specialized skills, rigor, and passion of doctors, nurses, public health specialists, and scientists, PHR investigates human rights abuses and works to stop them.

Refugee Immigration Ministry
142 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA  02148
Telephone: 781-322-1011
Fax: 781-322-1013
http://www.r-i-m.net/
The Refugee Immigration Ministry (RIM) is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization offering support services and building community with uprooted people through programs and spiritual care. Programs include: case management services to asylees; reduced-fee legal services; and refugee resettlement assistance with housing, food, clothing, household goods, employment, transportation, ESL, acculturation, and accessing of resources.

Global Resources:

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/  English

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
http://www.ifrc.org/

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
http://www.theirc.org/

Médecins du Monde (MdM)
http://www.medecinsdumonde.org/gb/  English

Physicians for Human Rights
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx

US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

US Committee for Refugees & Immigrants (USCRI)
http://www.refugees.org/

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