Refugee Organizations

American Near East Refugee Aid: ANERA is a long-established and highly regarded Washington based NGO that carries out economic development programs in the West bank, Gaza and Jordan. It has offices in Orient house in east Jerusalem and in Gaza. ANERA's President is Peter Gubser.

BADIL: Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugees: This Palestinian advocacy groups promotes refugee rights, in general, and support the "Right of Return."

FAFO Refugee Working Group: This group, based at McGill University in Montreal, was created as part of the multilateral talks on refugees launched after the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference.

The Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center - Shaml: This independent Palestinian NGO promotes the interests and rights of Palestinian refugees in the diaspora through advocacy, publications, oral histories and other projects.

Palestinian Refugee Research Net: This project, sponsored by a consortium of canadian universities and the canadian government, studies and disseminates information about the Palestinian refugee issue.

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