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NBARC is dedicated to helping asylum seekers: people who are fleeing persecution in other countries due to their race, religion, nationality, social group, or political opinion. Below are some helpful resources if you want to better understand how asylum works, and how the asylum system often fails the most vulnerable.

Asylum Resources

  • "Military Bases Turn Into Small Cities as Afghans Wait Months for Homes in U.S.", New York Times, October 3, 2021

  • As the first Afghan families arrived in Mass. this weekend, the state faces a historic humanitarian challenge, The Boston Globe, September 26, 2021

  • UN Refugee Agency website with information about Asylum seekers

  • "When Deportation is a Death Sentence," New Yorker magazine, January 15, 2018

  • U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) website with information on Asylum and Refugees

  • The Center for Victims of Torture: Eight Facts about Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Passover Resources

  • An inspiring reading for the Passover Seder, written by one of our founding members, Shimi Anisfeld.

  • HIAS Hagaddah Supplement (pdf)

Other Resources

  • Re-imagining Migration

  • American Immigration Council

  • Immigration Customs Enforcement

  • Cambridge Health Alliance

  • Greater Boston Legal Services

  • Human Rights Watch

  • Detention Watch Network

  • PAIR Project

  • Boston Medical Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights

Newton Brookline Asylum Resettlement Coalition (NBARC) www.nb-arc.com info@nb-arc.com

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