Berkeley Refugee Resources (BRR)
Resources about refugees for UC Berkeley

The lifejacket graveyard on Lesvos, Greece

This site is a collection of resources for people at UC Berkeley involved in or interested in refugee issues. It will be modified frequently. The focus is on refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, although many of the issues can be applied to many of the world's other displaced persons.

• Berkeley
  • Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Institute (BIMI) - focus on research with more Berkeley-relevant information
  • Commentary
  • Courses
  • Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop (academic research centers both at Berkeley and across the globe)
  • Research
  • Student organizations
• University of California activities
• Definitions
• Documents
• Listservs related to refugees, migrants, and displaced persons - Berkeley and elsewhere
• News - Digests of news compiled on a daily basis
• Resources outside Berkeley
  • Climate change and migration
  • Data and research
  • Education and training
  • Jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities for those wanting to work with/for refugees
  • Law
  • Livelihood
  • Local organizations
  • Medical services
  • Mental and social health
  • Money
  • Policy
  • Relief services
    • Australia
    • Europe
    • The Middle East
    • The US
  • Shelter
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Stories, films, and images
  • Teaching about migration - syllabi
  • Technology
  • Translation, interpretation, and language learning services
  • Women
  • Other
• About us

Last updated September 18, 2017

We welcome your suggestions. Please send them to Dianne Walker.