BBC
Bbc: Jordan's Refugees Long for Return
This insightful BBC news piece on the hopes and conditions of Palestinian refugees living in Jordan is part of a series of reports looking back at the 1967 Arab- Israeli War. (9 June 2007)
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Statistical Yearbook: Unhcr
A PDF publication from the U.N. on the state of refugees in the world 2001. Provides data on countries that are taking in refugees, asylum seekers and where they have fled.
Other
Forced Migration Online: What Is Forced Migration?
This resource presents an introduction to forced migration, which is the movement of displaced people and refugees. Covers all types of forced migration from economic reasons to conflict within the country.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Romina, 11, Tells About Her New Life in Germany
In this video, an 11-year-old refugee from Afghanistan talks about her life in Germany.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Why Is This Passover Different From Past Passovers?
Article reports on the meaning of Passover when the world is experiencing high numbers of refugees in many countries.
EL Education
El Education: Access Portland: Resource for Immigrants & Refugees
This resource guide was created by students in Portland, Maine, in an "attempt to make the resources of Portland, ME more easily accessible to new refugees and immigrants." Students met with representatives from local organizations and...
EL Education
El Education: Refugee Profiles
Students learn more about African history and culture through research, interviews, movies, books, and work with historians, college professors, and religious leaders. Then student write biographical stories of local refugees in first...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Stacy D. Fahrenthold, "Teaching Migrant and Refugee Histories"
This article focuses on the difficulty of trying to teach a course titled "My Migrants and Refugees in the Middle East" in light of President Trump's ban on migration from some Middle East countries.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The Refugees: A Tale of Two Continents
This ebook version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Refugees: A Tale Of Two Continents has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Patrick Lacroix, "Refugee Soldiers, American Patriots"
This article focuses on the American Revolution and the British invasion of Canada.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Grainne Mc Evoy, "Child Refugees: Our Present Informing Our Past"
This article focuses on issues both historical and current concerning the immigration of large numbers of unaccompanied minors and the problems it creates.
Curated OER
Pbs News Hour Extra: Drought and Famine Refugees, 2011: Photograph
Photo of Somali refugees affected by the 2011 drought and famine in the Horn of Africa.
Other
Cultural Orientation Training for Life in the u.s.
Provides links to resources regarding refugee cultural orientation into the United States. Guidebooks, culture profiles, resettlement programs, refugee FAQs, and more.
BBC
Bbc: Middle East: Syrian Journey: Choose Your Own Escape Route
In this interactive, students take on the role of a Syrian refugee and must make decisions at each stage of their journey in their quest to reach a safe place to live. There are many dangers along the way and people who try to take...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Emigration and the Evian Conference
Article about the weak response that countries made to the need to open up immigration to more Jewish refugees prior to World War II. The arguments sound very familiar today.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Tragedy of the s.s. St. Louis
The tragic tale of the Jewish refugees from Germany who boarded the SS St. Louis, hoping to find asylum in the United States is told here. It's a story of the umwillingness of many countries to help those persecuted by the Nazis. There...
PBS
This Is Home: The Hmong in Minnesota
This radio series gives an up-close-and-personal view of Hmong history, culture and the challenges of resettling in the U.S. Listen to, or read transcripts of, interviews with Hmong refugees, a clan leader trained by the CIA as part of...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Voyage of the St. Louis
A very informative article about the voyage of the SS St. Louis. Find out about the refugees on the ship, what happened to them, and how their treatment reflected world concern about those fleeing from Nazi persecution.
Calisphere: University of California Libraries
University of California: Calisphere: Great Depression: Dust Bowl Migration
Primary source photos showing the devastation of the Dust Bowl and refugee migration to California.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Teaching the Holocaust Through Poetry
Teaching a topic as emotional as the Holocaust requires different pedagogical techniques. One way to humanize the Holocaust is through poetry. This lesson centers around the poem "Refugee Blues" that was written a year before the war....
Other
Azerbaijan International Karabakh Conflict
This site contains links to many articles about the Karabakh conflict with Armenia. Links to the history of the war, discussions, refugees, maps, and photos in articles from 1997 - 2000.
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Cuban Rafter Crisis
Phenomenal site that explores the Cuban raft crisis of 1994 and the experiences of the thousands of Cuban refugees who left Cuba by raft. Included are videos, pictures, primary source documents, timeline of key events, and more.
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Historical Society: Surviving War: The Home Front
An online exhibition that looks at what life was like for Virginians under military occupation. Many of them became refugees rather than stay while Union troops invaded their lands, stealing crops, burning fields, and taking over homes.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Free World and Holocaust Survivors
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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