The UN Refugee Agency estimates that there are well over 100 million forcibly displaced people worldwide today. Rutgers University administration, staff, faculty, and students are engaged with the world migration and refugee crises in many ways, including on-campus and study abroad courses, research, special events and workshops, partnerships, and more. In addition, Rutgers continues to welcome refugee students and scholars to campus and we facilitate sending students and faculty to engage with refugee communities abroad.
Rutgers has worked to bring several dozen exceptional student and scholar refugees to campus for education and research. Rutgers has supported displaced students and scholars from Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Gaza, as well as from other places in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. We have created a fund to help support these efforts. If you are able to help, please consider a donation to the Rutgers Global Student and Scholar Refugee Support Fund.
For further resources and ways you can help at-risk refugee students and scholars, please view some of the links below. If you wish to connect with Rutgers Global with questions or for more information, please email us at info@global.rutgers.edu.
Meet the Farid Family
Read their storyMeet the Farid Family
Shahla Farid, an Afghan human rights activist, and her daughters make a fraught journey to the United States.
Higher Education Panel
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On April 22, 2022, Rutgers Global hosted the Higher Education Response to Refugee and Displaced Students and Scholars Panel Discussion.
Key Education and Nonprofit Organizations
Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund:
https://www.iie.org/Programs/Scholar-Rescue-Fund
Scholars at Risk:
https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/
American Council of Education:
https://www.acenet.edu/Policy-Advocacy/Pages/Immigration/Immigration-and-International-Students.aspx
The University Alliance for Refugees and At-Risk Migrants:
Key Government Organizations
Welcome.US:
State Department:
https://www.state.gov/refugee-admissions/
U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services:
Department of Homeland Security:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Refugee Resettlement):
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/map/find-resources-and-contacts-your-state
Select Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
International Refugee Assistance Project:
Human Rights First:
https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
International Refugee Committee:
Catholic Charities:
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services:
International Medical Corps:
https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/
Afghan Future Fund:
https://afghanfuturefund.org/our-team/